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12 April 2003 No 623 $425WW623B
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*** 4 2 5 D X N E W S ***
**** DX INFORMATION ****
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OH - In ancient times witches were believed to fly around Finland on
Easter eve. Nowadays amateur radio "witches" Jatta/OH2IO,
Anne/OH2MXS and Annika/OH2HSJ will "fly around" Finland with their
pilot Lasse, OH1LQP on 18-20 April. They plan to operate as
OH2YLS(/#) on 80, 40, 20, 10 and 2 metres (possibly also 15m) SSB
with some CW. QSL via bureau. They also expect to be active as
OH1LAG (QSL via OH2IO), OH6MXS (QSL via OH2MXS) and OH4CNX (QSL via
OH2HSJ). This will be a good chance to collect points for the OH YL
and the OH County Awards (rules at
http://www.sral.fi/award_eng.html). [TNX OH2HSJ]
OH0 - Look for OH0/DF8QJ, OH0/DL2VB, OH0/DK6QW, OH0/DG1YTF and OH0/DL6YFB
to be active (on 80-2 metres CW, SSB and RTTY) from the Aland
Islands (EU-002) on 19-25 April. QSL via home calls. [TNX DL2VFR]
OZ - Look for Peter, OZ/DL4AMK to be active on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 and 40
metres SSB from Aro Island (EU-172, JY-003 for the Danish Islands
Award) on 16-21 April. QSL via home call either direct or through
the DARC bureau. [TNX DL4AMK]
OZ - Ben, OZ6B will be active from Bornholm Island (EU-030, BO-001 for
the Danish Islands Award) on 19-26 June. Look for him on +/- 14265
kHz. QSL via bureau or direct. [TNX OZ6B]
OZ - Jurgen, OZ0J will be active (SSB and CW) as OZ0J/p from Laesoe
Island (EU-088, DIA NK-003) on 26-28 July. The main objective of
this trip is the participation in the IOTA Contest. Those who want
to arrange a sked before/after the IOTA event, can e-mail
oz0j@roemming.dk not later than 20 July. QSL via home call, either
direct or through the bureau. Log serach will be available at
http://www.oz0j.dk/ [TNX OZ0J]
PY - LABRE-RJ club station PY1AA will be active as ZW1AA to celebrate the
Brazilian Communications Day on 3-4 May. [TNX PY1XP]
S0 - Joe, KO4RR has joined the S05X multi-national team scheduled to
begin all-band all-mode operations on 15 April. The group now
includes YT1AD, YU1AU, I8NHJ, CT1BWW, N6TQS, KO4RR, EA1BT, EA2RC,
EA5RM, EA5XX and S01MZ. Donations to help offset the trip will be
gratefully accepted and can be sent via the QSL manager, EA4URE (URE
- Union de Radioaficionados Espanoles, Avda. Monte Igueldo 102,
Madrid 28053, Spain; e-mail ure@ure.es). Full details on the
DXpedition are available at http://www.pagus.it/s05x/ The pilots are
Mauro, I1JQJ (i1jqj@425dxn.org) and Maurizio I1-21171/IZ1CRR
(i121171@425dxn.org); please send your messages to the BOTH OF
THEM and put "S05X" in the subject line.
SM - Eric, SM1TDE will be active from Gotland Island (EU-020) on 12-18
April. He plans to focus on CW and the WARC bands, with some RTTY
and SSB. QSL via bureau. [TNX SM1TDE]
SV5 - Ermanno, IK2WZD reports he will be active on digital modes as
SV5/IK2WZD from Lipsi Island, Dodecanese (EU-001) from 24 April
through the summer. QSL via home call either direct or through the
bureau.
UN - Vlad, UN7EX will be active as UQ1EDX from Kokchetav, Kazakhstan on
19-20 April. QSL via RW6HS or direct to home call. [TNX UN8CC]
VE - VE3UUH and VE3GID will operate as VB3MCC (further information
www.storm.ca/~scalver) from 27 June to 4 July to celebrate the 100th
anniversary of Military Communications in Canada. Note that Industry
Canada has authorized the use of the following special prefixes for
this anniversary between 1 July and 31 August: XM for all VE, XL for
all VA, XN for all VO and XO for all VY. [TNX VA3RJ and VE3UUH]
W - Rick, AI5P reports he hopes to be active from the islands of
Martha's Vineyard on 15-18 April and Nantucket on 21-25 April. Both
of them counts for NA-046. QSL via AI5P.
W - The Maritime Radio Historical Society (http://www.radiomarine.org)
is pleased to announce that K6KPH will be on the air on 26 April
(starting at 17 UTC) to participate in the annual International
Marconi Day. K6KPH uses the original transmitters, receivers and
antennas of famous ex-RCA coast station KPH. The transmitters are
located at the transmitting station founded by the American Marconi
Co. in 1913 at Bolinas, CA. The receivers and operators will be at
the KPH receiving station about 20 miles north at Pt. Reyes, CA.
K6KPH transmitting frequencies will be 7050, 14050 and 21050 kHz
(3545 may also be activated if conditions warrant). QSLs and
reception reports should be sent to Ms. D.A. Stoops, P.O. Box 381,
Bolinas CA 94924-0381, USA. [TNX F5NQL and W6AWO]
W - W1T will be a special event station operated by WA2VUY and K2MVW on
all bands from 5 July through the 27th to commemorate the 100th
anniversary of the Tour de France. QSL via WA2VUY (the card will
have a photograph of 21 of the 22 living Tour champions taken on 24
October 2002 in Paris). [TNX WA2VUY]
V2 - A group of operators from the recently formed Antigua & Barbuda
Radio Club (V21ARC) will be having a DXpedition on the sister island
of Barbuda on 18-21 April. They plan to operate as V21BBQ on 160-10
metres with three HF stations. QSL to Antigua & Barbuda Radio Club,
P.O. Box 965, St.John's, Antigua, West Indies. [TNX NG3K]
VP2V - Bob, N6RFM will be active as VP2V/N6RFM from the British Virgin
Islands on 22-25 April. This will be a vacation and casual
DXpedition as time permits. Operation will be PSK31 QRP on 20 metres
only. QSL via home call. [TNX N6RFM]
ZC4 - Bill, G4EHT will be visiting his son Dez, ZC4DW between 14 and 28
April. This will be a family holiday but Bill hopes to spend some on
HF CW. He will operate from the Eastern Sovereign Base club using
their callsign, ZC4ESB. Please be patient with Bill as he has not
worked pile-ups for many years. QSL via G4EHT (Bill Watson, 7 Darwin
Close, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 7ET, England). [TNX ZC4DW]
ZD8 - Jim, N6TJ will activate his ZD8Z station on Ascension Island on
16-26 April. He will operate on all bands, SSB and CW. Jim will make
an effort on 160 metres, especially on the 18, 19 and 20th. QSL
direct only via VE3HO. [TNX The Daily DX]
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