DX-NL 1257 August 21, 2001
DX News Letter
a free weekly service of
DARC Committee "DX and HF Contesting"
(http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/)
Editor: Karlfried Henrichs, DL1EK
(PR: DL1EK@DK0MWX.DL.EU)
(e-mail: dxmb@darc.de)
translation by: Bob, DL7VOA
(e-mail: dl7voa@darc.de)
BRITISH BASES ON CYPRUS, ZC4 Steve, ZC4BS, is QRV in all modes from 10-160m but mainly on 15/20m for the next 13 months.
FAVIGNANA, ID9, EU-054 After staying on Pantelleria Frank, I5RF, wil be active from Favignana in CW/SSB/RTY on 40/20/15m from Sep 2-7. You can request his QSL online at http://www.i5rfd.bbk.org.
FITZROY ISLAND, VK4, OC-172 Trevor, VK7TS/4, is active on 10/15/20m from Aug 22-24. QSL via VK7TS, bureau ok. He will then go to Magnetic Island.
ITU HEADQUARTERS GENEVA, 4U/ITU Dave, EI3IO, will be QRV from the IARC clubstation 4U1ITU during the evening hours of Aug 28-30. He is planning a full day of activity for Aug 31.
WESTERN KIRIBATI, T30, OC-017 Pete, KZ1Z, already shipped his equipment there and hopes to hit the airwaves as T30ES around Sep 1. For more information online check: http://people.mags.net/boem/kiribati1.htm.
KWAJALEIN ISLAND, V7, OC-028 Jeff, KA1GJ, is QRV as V73GJ for the next three years. QSL direct via P.O. Box 1050, APO AP 96555, USA.
MADAGASCAR, 5R, AF-013 Jack, F6BUM, is planning a (mainly CW) activity for Sep 2-27. The call is not known yet but he is also planning two trips to the two smaller islands: AF-090 from Sep 3-7 and AF-057 from Sep 23-26.
MOLDOVA, ER The special event station ER10MD celebrating the 10th anniversary of Moldova's independence (Aug 27, 1991) is active from Aug 25-31. QSL via ER1BF.
PALESTINE, E4 Gunter, DH2GZ, has the permission to sign E4/OE1GZA from Ram Allah on Aug 24. He plans to be QRV in SSB on 10-20m, his preferred frequencies are 28480 and 21280-21290 kHz. QSL via Gunter Zwickl, C/O SICT, P.O. Box 1133, Ram Allah, Palestine.
RAROTONGA ISLAND, ZK1, OC-013 Gunter, DL2AWG, is planning a South Pacific tour until mid September. During his first stop he will sign ZK1AWG from Aug 21-29 before he will go to Viti Levu (3D2, see there). QSL via DL2AWG, bureau ok.
SAMOA, 5W, OC-097 Atsu, JI3WLT, is expected to hit the airwaves from Samoa on Aug 22. He will sign 5W1SA from Apia for two years. QSL via JH7OHF.
TEMOTU, H40 Roberto, EA4DX, is momentarily on the air in SSB signing H44RD from Honiara (OC-047) in the Solomon Islands. Starting on Sunday he will sign H40RD from Lata (OC-100) on 10-80m. QSL via EA4DX.
UKRAINE, UR The Ukraine is also celebrating its 10th anniversary of independence. Besides other activities this event is celebrated by the special event station EO10V from Aug 20-26. QSL via UR7VA, bureau ok.
VITI LEVU ISLAND, 3D2, OC-016 After staying on Rarotonga Gunter, DL2AWG, will sign 3D2AW between Aug 31 and Sep 8. QSL via DL2AWG.
FITZROY ISLAND
Fitzroy Island is situated about 35km Souteast of Cairns. This island used to be part of the Australian mainland. Its covered by eucalyptus and rain forests. The temperatures are about 17 degrees Celsius in winter and up to 32 degrees Celsius in summer. Its inhabitated by huge butterflies, ospreys and cockatoos but the underwater world is also very rich.
This island was discovered by Captain Cook on June 10, 1770 who named it after his Prime Minister Duke Fitzroy of Grafton. Initially Aborigines came here for hunting and the members of the Gunghandji tribe still believe that Gulnyjarubay came to this island and named it Gabara which can be translated with 'fist'. When the Australian freighter Somerset introduced the smallpox to this island in 1877 Fitzroy became a quarantine island. During the same time 3000 Chinese immigrated to North Queensland who were not welcomed by the local settlers and thus sent to Fitzroy as well. After 16 days the Chinese could leave the island again after showing no smallpox symptoms. In 1907 some unwanted Yarrabah Aborigines were sent here to take care of banana and coconut tree plantations. Fitzroy became a natural reservate in 1989.
Nowadays this island is visited by 70.000 people per year who are travelling about an hour from Cairns. A submarine is offering diving trips to the coral gardens of the island but hiking through the rain forest or the beaches is also worth a trip.
Amateur radio: Prefix VK4, DXCC entity: Australia, IOTA reference: OC-172.
(d) = direct only
(B) = bureau ok
* = new QSL manager
DL1EMH is NOT the manager of Chris, A45XR! QSL direct only to: Mr K. Dabrowski, Box 2038, Oman 111. DL1EMH writes also that the statement: "QSL via homecall SP5EXA" is also NOT not correct!
The PSK31-DX-NOTES are now available in the internet as well: http://www.krs.poltava.ua/psk31dx.htm or http://www.qsl.net/xe1m/ut5rpdx.htm You can subscribe the Ukrainian PSK31-DX-Reflector by sending an e-mail with no subject and the first line 'subscribe psk31' to majordomo@krs.poltava.ua.
QSL direct: GZ7V, H40RW (OC-100), HA6NF, HB0/IK2WAN, HC8A, HI9/DJ7ZG, HI9/DL7AFS, HK3JJH/HK0 (SA-007),HK3JJH/HK0M,HK3JJH/HK5 (SA-017), HP2/F5PAC, HR1RMG/HR4, HR2RCH/HR6 (NA-035), HS0/G3NOM, HZ1MD, I8YRK, J3/DJ7RJ, J45W, J73HPL, J73VW, J79CGA, J79WW, JW8G, J5X, JD1BFA (JA3EMU), K7BV, K9PPY/4 (NA-142), KB5GL/5 (NA-082), KC4USV (AN-011), KH9/AC4G, KH0/JK1FNN, KP2/KD4D,KP4/8P6AH,LU9AY, LY2ZZ, LZ1ANA, N4MO/TI7, N6IC/p (NA-066), OE75PPK, OH0EA,OK1FJD, OZ5ESB, P41E, P43E, PI4MRC, PJ4G, PJ7B, PJ7/W3HNK, PJ7UQ, PY2KC, PY1NEW/2 (SA-024, SA-028), PY5EG, S07BT, S21YT, SV0LR, T5W, T5X, TA0/IZ9YRE/p (AS-159), TI1C, TI4CF, TM0AR, TX0C (OC-176), TX8DX, TZ6JA, TZ6TO, UA2FZ, UP4L, US0HZ, UU3JQ, V31DI, V31JU
QSL bureau: C21ZM (G3ZEM), C6A/K2PS,CH1SO,CS7AHU/p (EU-145),DL3BUM (EU-129), DS5USH, E44/HA1AG, EA6/DL6NBR (EU-004), EA8BYR, EM500E (UR4EYN), EN8PSL (UT5PW), ES0QK (EU-034, DL6QK), F6HQP/p (EU-048), FG/F5SNY (NA-114), FG5EY (F6EYB), FH/G3SXW, FO0PT,FW8ZZ (OH2BN), FY/F5AEG (SA-020), FY5HY, GM0HTT (EU-009), GN0STH (EU-115), GP0STH (EU-114), GU3EJL (EU-114), HK3JBR/1 (SA-040), IC8AMR (EU-031), IT9HLN (EU-025),J28FF (F6TID),J3/K4LTA,J6/K7NM, J79GU (DL7VOG), JA4PXE (AS-012), JW7QIA (EU-026), KH0/JA5AUC, KL7/K6ST (NA-215, N6AWD), LA/DL3BRC (EU-036), M2000A (EU-005), NP2/K7BV (KU9C),PJ6/PA3GIO,PP1500RR (PP1RR),PS5B (SA-027, PP5WB) PV500B (PP5LL), PZ5JR (K3BYV), RK1OWZ/A (EU-066, UA1OMS),S79SXW, SP6ECA/1 (EU-132), T88JR (OC-009), TI5/K4UEE (NK4U),TZ6TT,UN7LZ, TR0A/p (AF-089, G3OCA), V31GI (PA3GIO), V31SN (DJ4SO), V31YN (DJ4KW),V51/DJ7XG,V73NN (OC-029, KD6WW),VE7TLL/p (NA-061), VK7TS/p (OC-233),VO2AC (Zone 2, VE3FU),VP5/K2AA,VP8CSA (DL1SDN), VQ9GB (K7GB), XX9TRR (N6XJ), ZB2CN (DJ9WH), ZB2FX (G3RFX), ZF2RV (NA016, WJ7R)
DATE CALL DXNL Aug 31-Sep 8 3D2AW 1257 * Aug 15-Aug 30 3V8SQ 1256 Aug 28-Aug 30 4U1ITU 1257 * Aug 23-Aug 30 5B/IZ8CCW.. 1256 NOW -Aug 31 5K3CA 1254 Sep 2 -Sep 27 5R/F6BUM 1257 * Aug 22-2003 5W1SA 1257 * Aug 4 -Sep 16 9M6CT 1255 Aug 15-Aug 28 A52UL 1255 Aug 13-Sep 27 C6TKJ 1255 Aug 13-Aug 23 C6/DJ9HX 1255 Aug 25-Oct 3 D44TD 1256 Aug 24 E4/OE1GZA 1257 * Aug 20-Aug 26 EO10V 1257 * Aug 25-Aug 31 ER10MD 1257 * Aug 15-Aug 28 FR/I4ALU 1255 Aug 24-Aug 29 GB5FI 1256 NOW H40RD 1257 * NOW -2001 HC2BEV.. 1228 Aug 14-Sep 6 HS0ZCY 1256 Aug 26-Sep 4 IA5/IK0YUJ 1256 Aug 13-Aug 27 ID9/I1SNW 1254 Aug 25-Aug 31 IH9/I5RFD 1256 Aug 16-Aug 27 J8/PA5RT.. 1255 Aug 14-Aug 24 JA6GXK 1254 Aug 25-Aug 26 N1IBM/p 1256 Aug 20-Aug 27 RA1OZ/A 1256 Aug 23-Aug 30 T22SC 1256 Sep 1 - T30ES 1257 * Aug 21-Sep 6 TA0/I3BQC 1256 Aug 18-Sep 2 TK8T 1255 May -Sep TT8JE 1243 Aug 28-Jul/2002 TT8DX 1256 Aug 11-Aug 29 TY/F5CWU.. 1254 Aug 31-Sep 6 V63KA.. 1256 NOW V63LJ 1256 Aug 21-Aug 30 V73CW 1256 NOW -2004 V73GJ 1257 * Aug 18-Sep 7 VE1/DH8IAT 1255 Aug 22-Aug 24 VK7TS/4 1257 * Jun 6 -Aug 31 VO2/K2FRD 1246 NOW -Sep/2002 ZC4BS 1257 * Aug 21-Aug 29 ZK1AWG 1257 * * = new .. = and other calls
TNX: DE1MGL, DJ5AV, DL1EMH, DL1SBF, DL2BQV, DL5MC, ER1BF, GM4SUC, JA2CXK, NH7A, PA3ARM, UT5RP, ZC4BS, 425 DX News, ARRL DX Bulletin, Crazy DX Group, F6AJA (Les Nouvelles DX), KB8NW (OPDX-Bulletin), N4AA (QRZ DX), W3UR (Daily DX), Islands On The Web.