DX-NL 1190 - March 20, 2000
DX News Letter
Editor: Michael, DJ5AV
(PR: DJ5AV @ OE9XPI.AUT.EU)
(e-mail: dxmb@darc.de)
English by: Bob, DL7VOA
(e-mail: dl7voa@darc.de)
4W6 - EAST TIMOR Ross, VK8UN, and Thor, TF1MM, are on the air as 4W6UN (QSL via VK3OT Steve R. Gregory, Box 622, Hamilton, Victoria, 3300, Australia) and 4W6MM (QSL via TF1MM). --- Jose, CT1EEB/4W6EB, and Bernie, W3UR/4W6DX, should hit the airwaves from the home of Thor Stefansson, 4W6MM (TF1MM), in Dili by the end of this week. Olli, OH0XX, unfortunately had to cancel at the last moment due to a work conflict. Their intentions as 4W6DX are to bring a new DXCC country for all the Deserving out there. There is still a possibility that Pertti, OH2RF (4W6RF), will be joining the group after completing the TX0DX operation. Ross, 4W6UN, Thor,4W6MM, and Antonio, CT1EGH, may also be joining in if their time allows. QSL for 4W6DX via OH2BN, Jarmo J. Jaakola, Kiilletie 5-C-30, SF-00710 Helsinki, Finland. --- Nev, 4W6/VK2QF, plans to be QRV between Mar 29 and Apr 5. Announced frequencies are 7010, 14010, 21010, 28010 kHz in CW and 7095, 14195, 21295, 28495 kHz in SSB and on 6m at 50.090 in CW and 50.135 kHz in SSB. QSL direct only to VK2QF, Nev Mattick, Hargraves, NSW 2850, Australia.
VP6 - PITCAIRN ISLAND Jukka, VP6BR, shall receive a new amplifier on Mar 23. The next four weeks or so he will mostly work in SSB and CW on 160-40m. If you like to help with a little donation for transportation or the amp itself e-mail to oh5br@sral.fi. QSL for VP6BR via OH2BR.
3V8 - TUNISIA I5JHW, I5NSR, I5OYY, IK5EKB, IK5FTQ, IK5JAN, IK5SQX, IK5ZTW and some local OPs were operating as 3V8BT on 10/15/20/40m from Touzer on Mar 19-21. From Mar 24-26 the will go to Kerkennah Islands (AF-073) working with 2 or 3 stations in CW/SSB/RTTY. QSL for 3V8BT via buro to I5JHW or his CBA.
4U1UN - UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS NEW YORK Bert van Holst, PA1KW, will be QRV as 4U1UN on Mar 25. QSL via UN Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 3873, New York, NY 10017, USA.
FM - MARTINIQUE, J7 - DOMINICA Conny, DL1DA, spends his holidays as FM/DL1DA until Mar 22. He will then activate J79KS mostly in CW on 10-160m until Apr 1. QSLs via DL1DA.
HC8 - GALAPAGOS ISLANDS After his activity as V31GI Bert, PA3GIO/HC8, plans to operate from these islands from Apr 1-12. He has no electrical power between 0600 UTC and 1200 UTC. His homepage is: http://www.qsl.net/pa3gio/ Bert prefers QSLs via bureau.
KH9 - WAKE ISLAND A short activity on 6/10/20m was announced and cancelled again! But new amateur radio licenses shall be issued soon.
KP4 - PUERTO RICO Carlos, WP4U/Mona, is QRV from Mona Island (NA-099) from Mar 25-31. QSL via bureau or direct to WP4U.
V3 - BELIZE Starting his DX trip Bert, PA3GIO, is active as V31GI from Southwest Caye (NA-180) from Mar 19-24. next stop will be Little Water Caye (also NA-180) from Mar 26-29.
VP2V - BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS Bill, VP2V/AA7X, shall be on air in CW/SSB on 10-40m between Mar 25 and Apr 1. QSL via AA7X.
4X - ISRAEL Mirko, 4X/DL8ABO/p, is QRV during his spare time from Mar 18-31 and from June until August. QSL via bureau.
JD - OGASAWARA ISLAND Hiko, JN1HOW/JD1, was QRV in CW/SSB on 10-40m from Mar 17-20. QSL via JN1HOW, via bureau or his CBA.
JY - JORDAN Pete, JY9NE, will participate in the WPX SSB Contest. During March he is listening mostly on 6m SSB for trans-equatorial stations on Sundays thru Thursdays after 1630 UTC. He will go back to the US in August and requests all QSLs for his activities from Jordan via bureau to his homecall N3FNE.
TA - TURKEY From Mar 22-29 TA3YJ, TA3J, TA3D, LZ2CJ and LZ2FV are QRV as YM3LZ especially on 160m and during the WPX SSB Contest. QSL for YM3LZ via TA3YJ (Nilay Mine Aydogmus, XYL of TA3J).
XV - VIETNAM Mr. Funami, 7L4GIL, is QRV from Haiphong (near Hanoi) signing 3W8GIL until Mar 25. QSL via 7L4GIL.
3A - MONACO 3A/W8MV and 3A/WZ8A announced to hit the airwaves in CW on 10-80m from Mar 20-25. QSLs via homecalls.
CU - AZORES Berthold, CU2/DF5WA, is spending his holidays on Sao Miguel (EU-003) between Mar 27 and Apr 3. He will be active also as CU8/DF5WA mostly in CW from Flores Island (EU-089) for another week from Apr 3-10. QSL via bureau to DF5WA.
MJ - JERSEY ISLAND Craig, MJ/K3PLV, and Pete, MJ/K8PT, are QRV in CW/SSB/RTTY on 10-80m from Mar 22-28 (also WPX SSB Contest). QSLs via homecalls.
TA1 - EUROPEAN TURKEY DL7CM is QRV in RTTY from Mar 25-30. QSL via bureau to DL7CM.
CQ WPX Contest SSB: Mar 25, 0000 UTC until Mar 26, 2400 UTC. Bands: 10-160m. Work: Everybody, as many different prefixes as possible. Exchange: RS+serial Rules online at http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/n8bjq/2000RULES.htm
DATE CALL DXNL Mar 20-Mar 25 3A/W8MV etc 1190 * Mar 19-Mar 26 3V8BT 1190 * Mar 1 -End of Mar 3W2GAX 1188 NOW 3W2SO 1189 NOW -Mar 25 3W8GIL 1190 * Feb 28-End of May 4S7BRG 1186 Mar 25 4U1UN (PA1KW) 1190 * Mar 18-Mar 31 4X/DL8ABO/p 1190 * NOW 4W6 (several) 1190 * Mar 17-Mar 27 9M6BAA etc 1189 End Mar/Early Apr 9N7RN 1186 Jan 10-Apr 10 9U5D 1167, 1179 March -April C21JH etc 1188 Mar 1 -Mar 31 C34-C37... 1187 Mar 15-Mar ?? CE0Y/CE3SAD 1189 Mar 17-Apr 8 OH2MXS/CE0Z 1189 Feb 27-Apr 3 CU2/DF5WA etc 1190 * SOON EM1KY 1185 Feb 26-Aug/2000 FH/TU5AX 1185 NOW -2001 FK8VHY 1160, 1168 NOW -Mar 22 FM/DL1DA 1190 * Mar 18-Apr 1 FM/F5LGQ etc 1189 Apr 1 -Apr 12 ? PA3GIO/HC8 1190 * NOW -Mar 23 HI9/DL7DF 1189 Mar 23-Mar 25 J7/F5LGQ etc 1189 Mar 23-Apr 1 J79KS 1190 * NOW -Jun/2000 JD1BKR 1169 Mar 21-Mar 27 JW2RY... 1189 NOW -Aug/2000 JW9FJA 1181 NOW -Aug/2000 JY9NE 1190 * Mar 22-Mar 29 KG4VL 1189 Mar 22-Mar 28 MJ/K3PLV 1190 * NOW P29DX 1182 Mar 1 -Mar 29 P29VMS 1188 Mar 6 -Apr 1 S79MX 1187 Mar 25-Mar 30 TA (DL7CM) 1190 * Mar 18-Mar 28 TI2/DL8DU 1189 Apr 3 -Apr 6 TU (DF8AN) 1189 Mar 15-Apr 1 TX8CI, TX0DX 1188 Mar 21-Apr 1 TZ (DF8AN) 1189 Mar 19-Mar 29 V31GI 1190 * NOW -Dec/2000 VK0MM 1170, 1176, 1178-1184 Mar 5 -Apr 4 VK1AHS 1189 Mar 25-Apr 1 VP2V/AA7X 1190 * Mar 20-Mar 29 VP5/W5AO etc 1189 Jan 20-End of May VP6BR 1180, 1183 Nov -May VQ9PO 1176, 1186 Mar 25-Mar 31 WP4U 1190 * Mar 1 -End of Mar XV2GAX 1188 Feb 13-May 5 XW2A 1185, 1187 Mar 2 -End of Mar YB3ASQ ? 1187 NOW -Late 2001 YI9OM 1186 Mar 22-Mar 29 YM3LZ 1190 Oct 29-May/2000 ZF2NT 1171 Mar 19-Mar 21 ZK1WAL (W6AO) 1189 "NEW": 1190 *
160m YK1AO 1829 2034Z via CBA YS1RR 1832 0529Z via DJ9ZB, bureau 80m CE0Z/OH3JF 3507 0539Z via bureau CM6YD 3798 0527Z via bureau DL7DF/HI9 3507 0344Z via bureau JW5QFA 3794 0015Z via LA5QFA PT7BZ 3796 0515Z via bureau TI4CF 3799 0049Z via N6TR, also bureau V31JP 3753 0331Z via KA9WON, bureau VP2VI 3525 0246Z via AB1I, bureau VP9IV 3794 0344Z 40m 8Q7KK 7005 0118Z via HA2SX, bureau AH8A 7087 0646Z direct FO0CLA 7004 0709Z via F6CTL HK0VGJ 7012 0506Z direct KH0/JA5EWH 7006 2003Z OA7/DL1CW 7008 0424Z via bureau P43P 7036 0615Z (RTTY) via I2MQP, bureau S79MX 7003 0234Z via HB9MX, bureau TG9GJG 7020 0447Z via Box 24, Guatemala City, Guatemala V31JP 7003 0404Z via KA9WON, bureau VP6BR 7004 0533Z via OH2BR, bureau XE1CI 7011 0497Z via bureau XW2A 7008 2131Z via G4ZVJ, bureau 30m 3W50K 10103 2208Z via OKDXF, bureau FG5XC 10109 0120Z via bureau or CBA FO0CLA 10103 0448Z via F6CTL NL7Z 10107 0455Z via bureau OY2H 10107 1804Z via I2MQP, bureau P49V 10109 0434Z via AI6V, bureau PJ5/K7NAA 10105 0401Z T88HG 10108 2121Z via JA1HGY, bureau XE2MX 10106 0507Z via K6VNX, bureau ZF2RA 10107 0022Z via K7AR, bureau 20m P29VMS 14183 0611Z via DL2GAC, bureau ZK1WAL 14025 0357Z (South Cook), via WA6O 17m FO0NL 18130 0616Z via CBA WL7FO 18083 2200Z via bureau 15m FW5ZL 21244 1011Z see DXNL 1182 ZK1HCU 21026 0726Z via DL9HCU 12m 3B8CF 24903 1431Z via CBA 3W7CW 24906 1609Z via SP5AUC, direct 5Z4WI 24895 1019Z via G3SWH, bureau 9E1C 24950 1453Z via IV8OWC E4/G3WQU 24904 0914Z via bureau FO5NL 24933 0731Z via CBA JN1HOW/JD1 24960 0810Z via bureau P29VMS 24948 1110Z via DL2GAC, bureau T88JJ 24901 1629Z via JA3ART, bureau VP6BR 24944 0656Z via OH2BR, bureau ZF2MC 24935 1421Z via N7MQ, bureau 10m 4W6MM 28001 0825Z via VK3OT, direct 9M6BAA 28568 1421Z via G4SHF JT1FBX 28438 0830Z via JG5PJJ P29VR 28457 1131Z via W7LFA, bureau V31GI 28558 1710Z via PA3GIO, bureau
7A0A via YB0FMT, Yon Gunawan, Box 1234 JKB Jakarta 11012, Indonesia or to
Box 8000, Jakarta 11000, Indonesia
A61AJ via W3UR
AM2AAE via bureau to EA2AAE or direct: Box 121, E-01080 Vitoria, Spain
AM3GHZ + AM3EVR via bureau or to EA3GHZ, CBA
AN6AEQ via buro to EA6AEQ or: Box 10180, E-07080 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
AX2000
CL0C via CO2FRC, PO Box1, Habana, Cuba
CS6IPJ via CT1EAT
ER6A via Box 112, Chisinau, MD-2012 Moldavia
H22H via 5B4MF
HJC1HC via NE8Z
HD8Z via NE8Z
J68AS via N9AG
J68DD via N6JRL
J68ID via W8QID
J6/KD4YHY via KD4YHY
KH0/JH8KYU via JH8KYU
LX7I via bureau to LX2AJ or direct to: LX2AJ, Philippe Lutty,
6A Sentier de Bricherhof, L-1262 Luxembourg.
NH7A NEW: via W6QK
PV5M via PP5MQ
SJ9WL via SM0DJZ
SZ3PTR via SV3BSF, bureau or CBA
TI0R via TI0RC
UA0SJ via CBA
WP2Z via KU9C
Z30M via NN6C
QSL Routes
QSLs arrived bureau: 9V1ZW, 9V8RH,D99ARDF (HL0HQ), EX8MBA,EX8MDA,IL3/IK2PZG, HP1XPI (F6AJA), IS0GQX (EU024), R1FJL (UA3AGS), TG9/IK2NCJ (I2MQP), V51LK (DJ4LK), V63X (KQ1F), VP2MDD (M0AEP), VU2BMS (DL2GAC)
QSLs arrived direct: 9J2SZ (SP8DIP), EL2WW (ON5NT), J68WB (N2WB), JD1AMA, K2L (WB2YQH), P29VR (W7LFA - 8 days)
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