DX News Letter 1329
February 20, 2003

DX-NL 1329 February 20, 2003
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)

DX ANNOUNCEMENTS

BELIZE, V3 Charlotte, KQ1F, and Paul, K1XM, will be on the air as V31QQ and V31XM from Feb 22-Mar 5 (also in the ARRL SSB DX Contest). They will both activate Turneffe Island (NA-123) starting on Feb 26. QSL via KQ1F.

CYPRUS, 5B, AS-004 The operators G3SJJ, G3SVL, and G3UEG will sign P3F in the CQ 160m SSB Contest on Feb 21-23. QSL via 5B4AGN.

DODECANESE, SV5, EU-001 Bill, SV5AZP, will participate in the CQ 160 Meter SSB Contest from Rhodes from Feb 21-23.

DJIBOUTI, J2 Karsten, DL2LAH, will be active from Djibouti on HF and 6m between the end of February and the beginning of June. His call is not known yet. QSLs via homecall after his return home.

HAWAII, KH6, OC-019 Marty, K2PLF, is visiting Sea Q Maui and will be QRV as KH6/K2PLF from Feb 23 and Mar 14. He will concentrate on the WARC and lowbands and also intends to take part in the ARRL SSB DX Contest.

HONDURAS, HR Tom, W0GLG, is staying in Puerta Limpera between Feb 14 and Mar 5. You can meet him on 14.247 or 14.195 MHz. From Mar 2-4 he will try to visit Cayos Cochinos (NA-160) which is difficult to reach and thus very interesting for IOTA friends. Look for him on 14260/21260/28460 kHz then.

MICRONESIA, V6, OC-059 Bert, WH7USA/V73GOD, will sign V63USA from Kosrae from Feb 15-23. His next stop will be the Marshall Islands.

MIDWAY, KH4, OC-030 Bill, KH4/NH6D, plans to hit the airwaves on Feb 21/22.

MOROCCO, CN2 Jim, W7EJ, plans to sign CN2R during the upcoming contests in February and March. QSL via W7EJ.

PANAMA, HP, NA-several Joel, F5PAC, will be in Panama from Feb 23 until Mar 24. In this time he will visit several islands: NA-170 from Feb 25-27, NA-202 from Mar 3-5, NA-088 on Mar 8/9, NA-071 on Mar 11/12, NA-203 on Mar 15/16 and NA-072 on Mar 19/20. His call is not known yet.

QUIRIQUINA ISLAND, CE, SA-070 A team of the Southern Cross DX Group (SCDXG) is visiting this island in the Bio-Bio Province group on Feb 22/23. They plan to operate as 3G5Q in SSB/CW/FM on 160m-70cm. QSL via XQ5SM. Check their internet site at: http://www.qsl.net/3g5q/.

SABA ISLAND, PJ6, NA-145 Klaus, PJ6/DJ4SO, is active in CW/SSB/RTTY on 6-40m (perhaps also on 80/160m) between Feb 18 and Mar 12. QSL via DJ4SO.

SUDAN, ST Marco, ST1MN, is a new station in the Sudan. He will hit the airwaves from Feb 28 until June. Marco has no pile up experience at all, so please be patient with him! Claudio, IV3OWC, will join him by the mid March and will sign ST1C for one month. A participation in the CQ WPX SSB Contest is planned as well. QSL via IV3OWC.

SVALBARD, JW, EU-026 Three members of SL0ZS (Peter,SM0BSO, Eric,SM1TDE, and Stellan,SM0LQB) will visit Svalbard from Feb 23 until Mar 1. They will sign JW/homecall from the clubstation JW5E in Longyearbyen. Activities are planned in CW/SSB/RTTY/digital modes on 6-160m. QSLs via homecalls, via bureau ok. More info is available at http://w1.865.telia.com/~u86523219/JW03.htm, the logbook will be uploaded to http://www.qsl.net.

QSL Info

QSL direct: 3A2MD, 3B8IK, 9K9O, AH0AG, AL2J, CE8/F6BFH (SA-050), GM3UA, FY5YE (W5SVZ), HP1XVH, HR1RMJ, K5MI (NA-052),K8LIZ/C6A (NA-113), KB2FB/DU7 (OC-129), KC4AAC (AN-012), KH0/JA1UII, KH3/KH6GMP, KH6GMP/KH3, KP2N (K8OHC), LU/F6BFH (SA-049), LU8MFF,LX1NJ,OH3YI, SV2CUI, T88SP (OC-009), TK4Z, VK4WWI (OC-172/OC-187/OC-255), VP8ROT, XF4LWY (XE1IH), YC9WZJ/7 (OC-252), YL0A, Z31GX (DJ0LZ), ZD8KW

QSL bureau: 4Z8GZ, 6W6/K3IPK, 9A/ON5FP, 9A9AA, 9H0VRZ,9M6/JI3DLI,9M6/JL1CHV, 9M9/7M2VPR, 9M6NA, D44TA, DX1HBC,FG/KQ6SJ,HI9/PA3GIO,HR3/JA6WFM, HS1CKC, JD1/JA1KJW, KH0/JA5AUC, KH0/JM1LRQ, KH0/K1HP, LX1NO, LZ2KV, RU0B, T26U, T32EQ, T88BV, V63YV, YM0MA, ZA1E

QSL managers

(d) = direct only
(B) = bureau ok
* = new manager

QSL addresses

Preview

DATE            CALL        DXNL

Feb 22-Feb 23   3G5Q        1329 *
NOW             5T5SN       1327
Feb 9 -Feb 23   5X1DC       1326
NOW   -2003     7Q7BP       1315, 1325
NOW   -Apr/2003 7Q7HB       1324
Jan 14-Apr 14   7Q7LA       1325
Feb 11-Mar 3    9Y4TBG   .. 1327

NOW   -Apr/03   A4/IV3NCC   1328
Feb 2 -Feb 26   A51B        1326
Jan 4 -Mar 4    C6/KM1E     1323
NOW   -Feb 20   CE9R        1328
NOW   -2004     CN2PM       1310
NOW   -Mar/2003 CN2R        1329 *
Mar 8 -Mar 9    CO0O        1328
Feb 15-Mar 2    D44TT/4L5A  1328
NOW   -Nov 30   D88S        1323
NOW   - ??      DP1ANF      1326
NOW             DP1POL      1324
Jan 5 -Apr 5    EI/DH5ST    1323
NOW   -2005     EL2TM       1315
Feb 12-Mar 12   FG/F6FXS    1327
Sep 1 -2004     FO/F5AEP    1307
NOW   -Feb/2003 FR/F5IRO    1322
NOW   -Feb/2003 FR5KH       1315

Dec 15-Mar 15   HF70A       1322
Feb 23-Mar 24   HP/F5PAC    1329 *
Dec 10-Mar 3    HR5/F2JD    1320
Feb 14-Mar 5    HR/W0GLG    1329 *
NOW   -Jun/2003 J2/DL2LAH   1329 *
NOW   -Jun/2003 J28UN       1312
Jan 31-Apr 2    J37LR       1325
NOW   -Dec/2003 JM6DZB/JD1  1324
Feb 23-Mar 1    JW/SM0BSO.. 1329 *
Feb 21-Feb 22   KH4/NH6D    1329 *
Feb 23-Mar 14   KH6/K2PLF   1329 *
Jan 23-Feb/2003 KH6/W2TO    1325
NOW             LU1ZA       1328
Feb 21-Feb 23   P3F         1329 *
Feb 18-Mar 12   PJ6/DJ4SO   1325, 1329 *
Feb 9 -Feb 22   PJ7/ND5S    1327
Jan 27-Mar 2    S21YV       1325
Feb 28-Jun/2003 ST1MN       1329 *
Feb 21-Feb 23   SV5AZP      1329 *
NOW   -Aug/2003 ZS5WC/ST0F  1324

NOW   -Feb/2003 TU2IG       1325
NOW   -Feb 23   UT2VU       1328
Nov 20-Apr/2003 V3/K8JP     1317
Feb 22-Mar 5    V31QQ    .. 1329 *
Feb 21-Feb 23   V31YN/p     1328
Feb 15-Feb 23   V63USA      1329 *
NOW   -Mar/2003 VK0MQI      1305, 1319, 1325
Feb 4 - ??      VP6EM       1326
NOW   - ??      VP8CTR      1325
NOW   - ??      VP8ROT      1326
NOW   -2004     VQ9LA       1323
NOW   -Mar 6    XE1/N8SHZ   1327
NOW   -Mar/2003 YA6RF       1328
NOW   -Mar/2003 YJ8MN       1321

 * = new
... = and other calls

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