DX-NL 1381 April 1, 2004
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)
AZORES, CU, EU-003 Arlindo, CU2/CT1EGW, will become active from Sao Miguel (EU-003) from Apr 7-11. He also plans to operate some RTTY. QSL via homecall.
BANABA ISLAND, T33, OC-018 A major DXpedition is going to hit the airwaves from Banaba (OC-018) for two weeks from Apr 4-16. Rob, PA2R (ex PA5ET), and his 20 team members AA4NN, AK0A, DF2IC, DL4KQ, DL5OAB, F5CWU, GM4FDM, IK1PMR, K1LZ, K3LP, K6ND, K6SRZ, KR4OJ, N6TQS, PA2R, PA3EWP, RK3AD, YT1AD, YU7AV, YZ7AA and Z32AU are underway with a boat from Tarawa (Kiribati). They plan to operate with seven stations in CW/SSB/RTTY/PSK/SSTV on 160-6m and via AO-40 using the callsign T33C. The log be published online on a daily basis. Find more info at: www.dx-pedition.de/banaba2004/. Banaba has no touristic infrastructure at all, so you have to bring everything with you even potable water. Their operating frequencies will be announced later. Several pilot stations will help that the DXpedition will become a full success: West Coast USA: Larry, N7DF; East Coast: Woody, KQ4NW; Europe: Martino, IK3RIY, Asia: Toshi, JA1ELY; Pacific: Gary, KH6GMP; South America: Daniel, PT7BI.
BELIZE, V3 Robin, K4VU, and Lori, K0LAA, will be QRV as V31RG working in CW/SSB/RTTY on 160-6m from Apr 7-24. QSL via K4VU.
CAMEROON, TJ, AF-new Jack, F6BUM, has the permission to activate the uninhabited island Mondoleh from Apr 9-11. This island has no IOTA reference number yet. More information will be published online at: www.f6bum.fr.st
CROATIA, 9A To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Radioclub Zagreb on air the special event stations 9A80ADE (QSL via 9A3KR), 9A80Z (QSL via 9A3KR) and 9A80ABD (QSL via 9A4A) will be active until Dec 31, 2004.
DJIBOUTI, J2 FA1MEB will stay in Djibouti for the next three years. He will sign J28FB via satellite and on 20m. More information is not available yet.
IRAQ, YI YI3Q is the callsign of Scott, K0DG. QSL via W3HNK. --- Jerry, K6MD, got the call YI9MD. He will stay in Mosul until Jan 2005. QSL via W6OAT.
LIECHTENSTEIN, HB0 The Hungarian team consisting of Pista, HA5AUC, Ed, HA5BWW, Pisti, HA5OJ, and Karcsi, HA7PC, is QRV from Masescha mainly in CW on 160-10m and the WARC bands from Apr 1-8. Listen for HBØ/homecall/p. QSL via HA5KHC, bureau ok.
MARION ISLAND, ZS8, AF-021 Ludwig, ZS6WLC, and Pieter, ZR6PSR are members of a scientific expedition to Marion Island from Apr 7-30. They will be QRV as ZS8MI in SSB (3750, 7080, 14195, 21295 and 28495 kHz) and CW (3750, 7080, 14195, 21295 and 28495 kHz). QSL via ZS6M. More information including the online log can be found at: www.hartrao.ac.za/geodesy/marionweb/main.html
MARSHALL ISLANDS, V7 Rolf, DK2ZF, is working in CW on 40/30/20m from Apr 1-8. He will also try to lift an antenna for 80/160m with a kite.
MARTINIQUE, FM, NA-107 The special event station TO7HAM is active in all modes on all bands during the Caribbean Hamboree from Apr 3-18. QSL via FM5AN.
NORWAY, LA Starting on April 1st Norwegian HAMs are allowed to operate with a maximum of 100 watts on 7100-7200 kHz.
SVALBARD, JW, EU-026 Francois, F8DVD, is going to visit Longyearbyen again from Apr 4-10. You can find him working as JW/F8DVD on 10-80m.
SWEDEN, SM The special event stations SC0AG, SC1AG, SC2AG, SC3AG, SC4AG, SC5AG, SC6AG and SC7AG will be activated during the 30th anniversary of the Scandinavian CW Activity Group (SCAG) throughout this year. Listen for the QSL routes in the QSO. Check their homepage at: www.scag.se
TANZANIA, 5H Eric, 5H3/SM1TDE, will be QRV from Dar-es-Salaam from Apr 4-18. Usually he is working in CW on the WARC bands and RTTY/SSB on the other bands. There is also the slight chance that he is going to Zanzibar (AF-032) during the second weekend. QSL via SM1TDE, bureau ok.
THAILAND, HS The licensing authorities in Thailand allows their HAMs to use the frequencies from 3500-3505 and 3524-3536 kHz in the 80m band and 1800-1825 kHz in the 160m band.
USA, W, NA-062 Dick, K2ZR/4, is QRV from Key West (NA-062) on 40-10m until Jun 1. QSL via homecall. --- Brad, NL7AU, will stay on Upper Matecombe Key (NA-062) until Dec 31. QSL via homecall.
QSL direct: 3DA0LJ, 4K2BY, 4L0G, 4S7AB, 4S7KJG, 4W4W, 5B4OG, 5J0X, 5N34NDP, 5U5Z (G3SXW), 5U7MF, 5W0AH (OC-097), 5W1SA, 5X1X,6J1YYD (EA5KB), 6Y5/KN5G, 7W4HI (AF-094, OM3CGN), 8P6EZ, 8Q7JE, 8Q7KT, 9A2RD, 9A4CD, 9A4D, 9A5W, 9K2YM, 9M6US (N2OO), 9V0A (VK4AAR), 9V1GO, 9Y4/DL7DF, A52CQ, A61AJ (K2UO), A61AR, AH2R (OC-026, JH7QXJ), A61X, AP2NK, BD4JV, C5P, C5Z, C6APX (NA-001), CE0Y/SQ9BOP, CE0YEH (DJ2EH), CE6TBN/8 (SA-091), CQ9K, CU4/G3TXF, CY9A (N5VL), DS2AGH, DU1EV, E4/DF6EC, EA6AZ, EA6WX, EA8BH, EG03PFG, EW6AF, EX0Y, EY9/RA3OO (DJ1MM, ex DJ1SKO), FG/YL2KL, FO5FS, FS/W3ARS, G4RCG/HI9, GD0IFU, GM4YXI, GU/DL2MDZ, GX0AAA, HC2RG, HC8/N1KO, HH4/N2WB (N2OO), HI3TEJ, HK0/K4QD, HK0/N2WB, HK7AAG, HP1AC, HP1LR, HR3/W0GLG (NA-160), HS0ZBS, IS0GQX, J3/AA1M, J69MV,JT1JA, J6/LA4LN (EU-026/EU-027, LA4LN), JW4LN (EU-026/EU-027, LA4LN), K4E (NA-034, KU4BT), KG4OX, KH0/JH1KAJ, KH8/KM9D, KN5G/6Y5, KP2/AB2RF, MI3AJK, MW5EPA, N3KQU/ZD8, OA5/F6BUM, OX3DB, P29VXX, PA3CXC/ST0 (N4FN), PJ7/W3ARS, PJ7D,PZ5A (W5UE),RA1QQ/1 (EU-119), RA3AJ, RK3DZJ/1 (EU-066), RK3DZJ/1 (EU-147), RU0SYL (N6AWD), RU9TC, S58N, S79BL, S79MX, S9LA (LA7WCA), SM2/DL1UU (EU-139), T32KV, T32MP, T32WW, T32YL, T32ZA, T32ZM, T88AQ (JH6WDG), T88RN, TI5U, TO6M, TR8IG (F5IG), UA0ZAL/p (AS-039), UN6G, V25A, V25C, V31DK, V5/JD1BLK, V51BG, V63PF, V63SXW (OC-012, G3SXW), V63WC, V73GOD (OC-028), V73T (N6AWD), V8AAP (OC-088, N2OO), VK7GN, VK4WWI (OC-265), VK8DP (VK4AAR), VK9CKL, VK9XYL, VP2EJF, VP2ETG, VP2MX (N8QET), VP2V/N3ME, VP2V/WQ7X (WQ7X), VP5/K9DX, VP5B, VP6DB, VP8DBR, VP8DGA, VP8DHI, VP9/K9CC, VQ9LA, VS6WO, W4WX/C6A, W0GLG/HR3 (NA-160), WH0EWX, XQ3/IZ6BRN, XQ8ABF (SA-008), XT2MF, XU7ACW, YA0J, YA8G, YB35AR, YC9WZJ, YI9ZF (SM1TDE), YJ0AJU, YJ0AMY (OC-110, OM2SA), YJ0ATU (OC-110, OM2SA), YL2KF, YO2LDC, YS2ZKK, YW5M (SA-015), Z21GC, ZD8LII (5B4AHA), ZG2FX, ZK2SA, ZS1SR, ZS5BBO, ZS6AJD, ZS6WGH, ZV0SW (PT2GTI), ZY5X (SA-088)
QSL bureau: 2S0F, 3C0CW, 4A3ZOI (NA-090), 5B4AFB, 5X1DC (DL7AFS), 5Z4IC (MW0AIE), 6J1YYD (EA5KB), 6J1ZOI (XE1ZOI), 6W/F6HLC, 7S6QW (SK6QW),9A/OK1TNM (EU-170),9A2EU/p (EU-136),9A4W (EU-016), 9Y4/DL7DF (SA-009), C31LJ (VE3SUN),CE2SQE (EA5KB),CO8EJ (EA5KB), CT3/OK2BOB/p (AF-014), CU9X (EU-089, CU3AK), CX1UI (EA5KB), CY0MM (VE3NE), D44TC, DK8TU/TI8, DX0L (OC-126, G3OCA), DZ1MS (OC-090, G3OCA), EA8/DJ8NK, EA8/DL6FAW (AF-004), ES1AJ, ES2NA, ES85L (ES6PZ), EY8/F5CW (F8CMT), GB21SHF (GW4XKE),GB2LZL, GB4SPD (EU-115), GS3ZBI/p (EU-010), HC1MD, HF70I (SP6IHE), HH2/DL1DA, HK5QGX, I3/DK8OJ (NA-122), IJ7/IZ8DBJ (EU-073),J68RN, J79WB (NA-101, N2OO), JW0HR (US5IIU), JY6ZZ, KA1I/NH2 (OC-026), KH2/G3TXF (OC-026), L75CB, LA8W, LY7Z, LY5A, MD4K, MU0C (G3XTT), M8T (EU-005), N2CW/3 (NA-140, N2OO), KH0AA, KH6/DJ6OI, NH2/KA1I, NH7A (N2AU), OA4/DL9FAW, OH0EA
DATE CALL DXNL 16Mar-12Apr 3B9C 1379 28Mar-03Apr 3D2IZ 1380 NOW -Dec04 4U1ITU 1371 04Apr-18Apr 5H3/SM1TDE 1381 * 25Mar-03Apr 5T0EU 1380 25Mar-10Apr 5W0KE/5W0SS 1380 09Jan-08Apr 6W/LX1DA 1370 NOW -31Dec 9A80ADE 1381 * 01Mar-31Apr 9A80Z 1377 NOW -05Apr 9M2/G3TMA 1380 15Mar-12Apr A35DJ.. 1379 22Mar-04Apr A52PRO 1380 29Mar-05Apr C56JJ 1380 07Apr-11Apr CU2/CT1EGW 1381 * NOW -2004 D2CR 1339 NOW -May04 D2U, D2DB 1380 26Mar-01Apr DL9HO/DK1IP 1380 NOW -Apr04 H44MS 1373 01Apr-08Apr HB0/HA5AUC 1381 * NOW -Dec04 HF0QF.. 1372 18Mar-05Apr HK0GU 1379 NOW -14May HR5/F2JD 1380 NOW -2007 J28FB 1381 * 04Apr-10Apr JW/F8DVD 1381 * NOW Jun04 JW5RIA 1366 NOW -01Jun K2ZR/2 1381 * 28Mar-01Apr KH6/JR1AGC 1380 25Mar-10Apr KH8/DL1VKE.. 1380 28Mar-02Apr LU2XX 1380 NOW -31Dec LZ35ZF 1374 NOW -31Dec NL7AU 1381 * 15Jan-Apr04 OA7/PA3GFE 1371 NOW -Dec04 OX2KANN 1375 29Mar-01Apr PJ4/DF7ZS 1380 NOW -31Dec SC0AG.. 1381 * NOW -15Jun SV8/KE2SP 1380 04Apr-16Apr T33C 1380 * NOW -06Aug T98FKN 1377 09Apr-11Apr TJ/F6BUM 1381 * 03Apr-18Apr TO7HAM 1381 * 07apr-24Apr V31RG 1381 * NOW -15Apr V51/DL5XL 1376 01Apr-08Apr V7/DK2ZF 1381 * 31Mar-09Apr VK9LU 1380 NOW -31Dec WL7CPA 1380 NOW -Sep04 XU7ACI 1357 NOW -Jun04 XU7ACW 1351 NOW -Aug04 YA1R 1356 NOW -May04 YA8G 1370 NOW YI3Q 1381 * NOW -Jul04 YI9GS 1378 NOW -Jan05 YI9MD 1381 * NOW -Jan05 YI9RVT 1377 NOW -Jul04 YI9ZF 1372 NOW -May05 YU8/IN3IZT 1378 07Apr-30Apr ZS8MI 1381 * * = new .. = and other calls
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