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1 June 2003 No 630 $425WW630B
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9A AWARD ---> Amateur Radio Club "Koprivnica" sponsors a special award to
celebrate the third visit of pope John Paul II to Croatia. Rules are
available at http://www.qsl.net/9a7k or from the Award Manager, Kresimir
Juratovic, 9A7K (9a7k@qsl.net).
9Q1A & 9Q1YL ---> Pat and Nicole report they will go permanently QRT from the
Democratic Republic of Congo around 31 May, after twenty years in Africa and
some 35,000 QSOs made from Kinshasa and Matadi. They expect to return to
their home QTH in southern Brittany (France) around 15 June.
ANTARCTICA NET ---> There is a new Antarctica Net every Saturday on 14300 kHz
at 19 UTC. Net control is Henry, LU4DXU who is in touch with LU1ZV (Esperanza
Base, WABA LU-06), LU1ZG (General Belgrano II, WABA LU-08) and LU1ZD (General
San Martin, WABA LU-011). [TNX F5NOD]
ARBE ---> The IQ2MI/p "Amateur Radio Balloning Experiment", previously
scheduled to take place on 17 May [425DXN 627], has been postponed to 1 June
(starting around 9.30-10 UTC) due to bad weather. See 425 DX News #626 for
the details; for further information please email Tibor, IK2SAI
(ik2sai@amsat.org)
MAIL DROP ---> Terry Morton, KJ6OW has been doing a mail drop service for
Vit, EZ8CW for a good while now; he informs *** U.S. hams only *** that as of
15 June he will be adding Alex, EZ8CQ to the service (please enclose a SASE
and $2).
QSL 5H3RK ---> The Daily DX reports that Ralph's work assignment in Tanzania
is coming to an end. QSL cards can be sen to his current address (Ralph
Karhammar, P.O. Box 9274, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) until early July, after
that they should now be sent (direct only, as he is not a member of WIA) to
VK4VB (Ralph Karhammar, 6 Sevenoaks Street, Maroochydore, QLD 4068,
Australia).
QSL C56TA ---> Andy, LY2TA has received the first batch of cards from the
printer and will start processing direct requests (700+ received so far) in a
few days. Bureau cards will be sent at the end of the year. [TNX LY2TA]
QSL FR/F6KDF/T ---> Gil, F5NOD reports that all FR/F6KDF/T (August 2000
operation from tromelin) direct requests received so far have been processed.
The last batch of cards will be mailed within a couple of weeks. Those who
still need a card can send their request to F6KDF or direct to F5NOD.
QSL PR0F ---> This callsign (previously used by W5SJ in January/February
2003), was reissued to YU1RL for the recent CQ WW WPX Contest. QSL requests
for the operation should be sent to YU1RL, not to W5SJ. [TNX QRZ-DX]
QSL UA1ONY (EU-035) ---> Eugene, RZ3EC reports he has received UA1ONY and
UA1ONY/p's logs up to 3 May 2003. Direct cards received so far have been
answered. Inquiries should be sent to rz3ec@rekom.ru
QSL UK8OB ---> Paolo, IK2QPR reports he is the new QSL manager for UK8OB. QSL
to Palo Fava, Via Bertani 8, 46100 Mantova - MN, Italy.
QSL ZS1RBN ---> Phil, G3SWH reports that all direct QSL requests for the
recent ZS1RBN operation from Robben Island (AF-064) received to date have
been mailed.
QSL VIA ES1RA ---> Oleg, ES1RA reports he still has logs and blank cards for
all of his past callsigns and operations:
UM8BA Kirghiz (obl. 034) 1967
UR2RCU Estonia (Tallinn) 1972-1989
RU2RCU Estonia (Tallinn) 01 Jan-03 Aug 1980
UR3RA Estonia (Tallinn) 26 May-31 Dec 1989
ES1RA Estonia (Tallinn) after 01 Jan 1989
ES1RA/UM1M Kirghiz (obl.036) 04-07 Feb 1990; 23-27 Jan 1991;
09-14 Jul 1991; 21 Nov 1992
ES1RA/UM2Q Kirghiz (obl. 033) 07-08 Feb 1990; 28-29 Jan 1991
ES1RA/UM3N Kirghiz (obl. 034) 22-29 Jan 1990; 15-17 Jan 1991
ES1RA/UI4O Uzbek (obl. 050) 01 Feb 1990
ES1RA/UI5F Uzbek (obl. 047) 30-31 Jan; 15-17 Jan 1991
ES1RA/UM6A Kirghiz (obl. 032) 25 Jun-03 Jul 1991; 30 Nov-15 Dec 1992
ES1RA/UM7P Kirghiz (obl. 177) 05-07 Jul 1991
ES1RA/UI8I Uzbek (obl. 051) 17-19 Jul 1991; 23 Dec 1992
ES1RA/1 Aegna Isl. (EU-149) 09-18 Aug 1991; 28 May-03 Jun 1992;
15-21 Aug 1996; 16-28 Jul 1997;
26-31 Jul 2001
ES1RA/2 Aegna Isl. (EU-149) 13-17 Jul 1995
ES1RA/2 Mohni Isl. (EU-149) 11-12 Aug 2000
ES1RA/8 Kihnu Isl. (EU-178) 09-13 May 2001; 25-27 May 2001;
29 Jun-02 Jul 2001; 08-11 Jun 2002
ES1RA/0 Muhu Isl. (EU-034) 08-10 Jun 1995; 22 Nov 1996;
23-26 Jan 1997; 22-26 May 1997;
09-12 Apr 1999
ES1RA/0 Kassar Isl (EU-034) 11-12 Jun 2002
EX/ES1RA Kirghiz 01-11 Oct 1998
UK/ES1RA Uzbek 06-07 Oct 1998
OH0/ES1RA/P Aland Isls. (EU-002) 22-28 Sep 2001
OH8/ES1RA/P Hailuoto Isl. (EU-184) 12-17 Apr 2002
Direct cards should be sent to
Oleg M. Mir, P.O. Box 806, 11702 Tallinn, Estonia.
Oleg can also confirm contacts made with ES85M (Muhu Island, EU-034) in
February 2003.
SSA ACTIVITY AWARD ---> The SSA Activity Award is for promoting activity on
the amateur radio bands and it is available to either licensed amateurs and
SWL for working 365 QSOs from 1 January through 31 December each year. For
further information please contact the Award Manager, Bengt Hogkvist, SM6DEC
(bengt.hogkvist@swipnet.se).
+ SILENT KEY + We are sad to report the sudden passing of Doug Sim, VK4BP
(ZK1SIM), who was killed in a motorcycle accident while on Rarotonga,
Southern Cooks. We are close in thoughts and prayers to June, VK4SJ (ZK1AYL),
Doug's surviving wife.
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LOGS: The YE5A (Pisang Island, OC-262) logs are now available at
www.mdxc.org/logsearch.asp [TNX IZ8CCW]
POSTAGE: Updated information on IRCs/US$s needed for returning cards to
the US is maintained by Bill, W9OL at
http://www.qsl.net/w9ol/ircchart.txt
QSL ROUTES: A collection of QSL routes for stations active during the recent
CQ WW WPX CW Contest is now available at
http://www.arrakis.es/~ea5eyj/wpxcw03.htm [TNX EA5EYJ]
WEB PAGES: Are you going on a DXpedition? Do you want to publicize your
operation on the Internet but do not know where to start from?
The Mediterraneo DX Club offers its services (free of charge) for
customized web pages, including pictures, logs, etc. For further
information please contact mdxc@mdxc.rog [TNX IZ8CCW]
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