DX Newsletter 1046: May 19, 1997

DX-NL 1046 - 19.5.1997
DX News Letter
Editor: Michael, DJ5AV

(PR: DJ5AV @ OE9XPI.AUT.EU)

translated into English by Bob, DL7VOA
(Internet: robert@wirtschaft.tu-ilmenau.de)
(packet radio: DB0ERF.#THR.DEU.EU)

PACIFIC

DU - PHILIPPINES Gary, K9AW/DU6, is on Negros Isl. (OC-129) from May 19 until June 1 (including WPX CW Contest). QSL via WF5T.

KH4 - MIDWAY ISLAND It is not sure yet if Charles, N4BQW, got a landing permission for Kure Island. However, he was active as KH4/N4BQW from Midway using only a dipole. QSL via WA4FFW.

AFRICA

3C0 - ANNOBON ISLAND The 3C0DX DXpedition to Annobon has been postponed until October because only 2 of 13 team members received their visa in time.

S9 - SAO TOME Charles, S92SS (KY4P), and Lesley, S92YL, left Sao Tome on May 20. In August they will arrive in Greece: Charles Lewis, Greek Relay Station (KAV), Box 1001, GR 67100 Xanthi, Greece.

AMERICA

C6 - BAHAMAS Contrary to DX-NL 1042 the 425 DX News writes that WZ8D will be on the air as C6AIE or WZ8D/C6A from June 5-19. QSL via homecall.

FS - ST MARTIN Lionel, FS5PL, is on Tintamarre (NA-199) from May 17-19 and as TO9PL from June 7-9. QSL via KF0UI.

VE - CANADA Op Steve states that VE8RCS on Ellesmere Island was closed after 30 years on May 15 and is now a full automatic telecommunications- and weather station.

ASIA

7O - YEMEN Zoli, HA5PP, will arrive in Aden on June 27 and hopes to be active in September signing 7O/HA5PP, 7O8DX or 7O8CW. QSL via HA5YPP.

BV - TAIWAN BV/JH3IMR and BV/JA3TJA will work from BV2KI's shack on 10-40m from May 28-30. QSL via homecalls. - JA3YTE, BV4IA, BV8AE, BV8CF and BV8BC will be active as BV9O from Orchid Island (AS-020) on May 23-26. QSL via BV8BC.

XU - CAMBODIA Hiroo, JA2EZD, is announced as XU2A on 80m/160m for two weeks starting on May 17. QSL via Hiroo Yonezuka, Box 2659, Vientiane, Laos (please include IRCs, no US dollars).

EUROPE

3A - MONACO Marc, 3A/ON5FP, and Kristof, 3A/ON6NN, will be on the air in SSB only from July 21-24. QSL via ON5FP via bureau or direct.

9H - MALTA 9H1ZE, 9H1AT, 9H1GT and 9H3XF will be QRV as 9H8CI from Comino from August 2-20. QSL via bureau or to 9H1ZE.

SV5 - DODECANESE SV5/OM3LA will be active from Kos Isl. in CW/SSB/RTTY on all bands from July 9-23. QSL via OM1APD.

TF - ICELAND Bert, TF/PA3DWD, is announced for 6m/10m/12m between June 26 and July 20. QSL via homecall. - TF/IT9ESZ and TF/LA6ZH will be active from Reykjavik in CW/SSB on 15m, 20m and 40m from June 13-20. QSL via IT9ESZ, Ruth B Geering, Via S Nicola 9, I-90146 Palermo, Italy or LA6ZH, Ruth Tollefsen, Box 17 Tveita, N-0617 Oslo, Norway.

CONTESTS

The WPX CW Contest will take place from May 24 0000Z till May 25 2400Z. Bands: 10m-160m. Exchange: RST+QSO number.

IARU Region 1 CW Fieldday from June 7 1500 UTC until June 8 1500 UTC. Bands: 10m-160m. Exchange: RST+QSO number.

Preview

DATE         CALL         DX-NL

31.5.- 2.6.  3A/IK1...    1045
21.7.-24.7.  3A/ON5FP     1046 *
26.4.-21.5.  3B8/F6DBZ    1041
20.4.- 8.6.  3B8/NK6F     1040
20.5.-27.5.  3C0DX        cancelled
Jun          5A1A (I's)   1044
1997/98      5H3HG        1045
  May-Nov    5X  (SM7PKK) 1044
Jun          6V1A         1039
Sep          7O  (HA5PP)  1046 *
  May-Nov    7X  (SM7PKK) 1043 *
 2.8.-20.8.  9H8CI        1046 *
now          9J2DR        1045
19.4.-16.6.  9M8CC        1027
mid of May   9N1SM        1043
28.5.-30.5.  BV  (JA's)   1046 *
May          BV0THU       1042
 5.6.-19.6.  C6  (WZ8D)   1042, 1046 *
26.6.- 3.7.  CY9AA        1040, 1041
since 4.4.   D2M          1041
19.5.- 1.6.  K9AW/DU6     1046 *
17.5.-19.5.  TO9PL        1046
 7.6.- 9.6.  TO9PL        1046 *
 6.5.-30.5.  J87GU        1042
beg of Jun   WH2M         1045
now          KH4/N4BQW    1046 *
 5.5.-23.5.  N2NB/KH6     1041
31.5.- 4.6.  OH0LIZ       1044
 1.6.- 6.6.  OJ0  (DL's)  1043
 7.6.-20.6.  OY/  (DL's)  1037
   till Dec  R1RJV        1044
24.5.-13.6.  SV5/SM7DAY   1044
 3.6.-17.6.  SV5  (HA's)  1042
 9.7.-23.7.  SV5/OM3LA/p  1046 *
13.6.-20.6.  SV8/G3SWH    1041
 6.6.-20.6.  SV9/DL8SET   1044
26.6.-20.7.  TF/PA3DWD    1046 *
  Jun/Jul    V5/GM4DMA    1042
  till June  V63AO        1039
  May-Oct    VP8CEH       1042
from 16.5.   XU2A         1046 *
from 12.5.   YI9VK/YI9HW  1043
20.5.-30.5.  ZK2  (K8VIR) 1043
30.5.- 1.6.  T88JZ        1045

"NEW": 1046 *

Bandspots of the last 7 days

160m
   EM1HO       1829  0216 via I2PJA
   PY1BVY      1831  0054
   ZS2LL       1832  0308

80m
   C6ANI       3793  0257
   EM1HO       3506  0344 via I2PJA
   HP1XBI      3508  0317
   J87GU       3504  0313 via DL7VOG
   YV1DIG      3501  0035

40m
   4F3CV       7064  2144 via HB9CXZ
   4S7BRG      7045  1922 via HB9BRM
   5Z4SS       7006  2041 via JA1SQI
   8P6DA       7003  0548 via KU9C
   8R1Z        7060  0330 via W4FRU
   9M2EU       7001  2105 via JA2EJI
   A92BE       7050  2058 nur direct
   FM5DN       7060  2347 via F5VU
   EP2MKP      7007  2053 via UV6HPV
   HH2AW       7000  2304 via 9A2AJ
   JY5HX       7005  2301 via buro
   L70FM       7066  0001 via LU4FM
   XE3RT       7005  0332

30m
   3B8CF      10108  0308
   HP1XBI     10105  0022 via F6AJA
   J87GU      10103  2315 via DL7VOG
   P40J       10103  0530 via WX4G

20m
   9G1BJ      14216  2024 via G4XTA
   9M8FC      14004  1822 via CBA
   AH6NJ      14193  0657
   FG5HR      14173  2327 via F6BUM
   FM5CD      14017  1310 via F5VU
   FO5BI      14017  0714 via buro
   HP1XBI     14029  2315 via F6AJA
   KH4/N4BQW  14243  0800 via WA4FFW
   TG9NX      14020  0704 via N4FKZ
   VQ9KH      14023  1951
   YN1RLI     14187  0036 via WA4JTK

17m
   9J2DR      18074  1117 PB30062, Lusaka
   9X5HF      18081  1630 via LA2HFA
   9Q5HX      18126  1522 via IK2MRZ
   S79MAD     18138  1847 via GW4WVO
   WH6ASW/KH2 18070  1046 via VK4FW

15m
   3XY3A      21023  1801 via F5IEV
   5Z4RL      21240  1625 via N2AU
   6W1/F5PHW  21010  1806 via F6KPQ
   TO9PL      21260  1414 via KF0UI
   TU2XZ      21015  1806 via W3HC

12m
   4K9W       24899  1116 via DL6KVA
   5X1P       24900  1313 via G3MRC
   J87GU      24899  2003 via DL7VOG
   OH0HEY     24960  1229 via OH3TY

10m
   7Z5OO      28008  1113 via W1AF, buro
   9G1MR      28530  2007 via IK3HHX
   A71CW      28020  0854 via buro
   CX3EU      28026  1637
   TJ1GD      28495  1459
   YB9BON     28020  0812
   ZD7HI      28439  1857 via N2AU
   ZP9DM      28396  2043
   6W6/K3IPK  28026  1638 via K3IPK

INFO

The DXer of the Year elected by the New Orleans International DX Convention is Hernandez, K3VN (ex WA3YVN).

There were several bad comments about the crowded bands e.g. during the WPX SSB Contest at the Easter weekend. Here are some of my thoughts:

• It is NOT true that the number of contest participants increased rapidly.
• The weekends of the big contests are fixed and known worldwide for many years.
• Contrary to earlier times we have now the WARC bands on which no contests take place.
• It is difficult to control the frequencies on which no contest operations are allowed. Shall a station be disqualified because somebody abused his call on 3690 or 7030 kHz?
• Who shall withdraw his pretensions during the upcoming solar cycle: the "professional operators", the "weekend amateurs" or the contest partici- pants?

• 4L7C Box 387, Yeroham 80500, Israel
• 8J1RM and 8J1RL: the logs of 1990-1996 has the JARL, 1-14-5 Sugamo, Tokyo 170-73, Japan. New QSOs will be answered in 1998.
• 9A2NY Sinisa Vukobratovic, Vladimiha Nazora 48, HR-31551 Belisce, Croatia
• 9A90CBD via 9A3UF via bureau or to Box 95, HR-43500 Daruvar, Croatia
• EA1FFC Jesus Manuel Huerta Cuervo,Apartado 727,33400 Aviles,Asturias,Spain
• EW52OB via EU1FC Constantin Budkevich, Box 202, Minsk-5220005, Belarus
• EX7MY Victor Grishin, Moscow r-n, s. Spartak 2-12, 722058, Kirgiz
• GB6MI via GM0KVI
• GB2MI via GM0KVI
• GM3USL/p via GM0KVI
• IK7ETE Bruno Meli, POBox 1, I-73058 Tuglie-LE, Italy
• L70FM via LU7FM
• N4JR is the QSL manager for: XU2FB, 9M2RY, OD5RY, 5B4AGI, OD5/N4MUJ
• S79MAD Op Paddy O'Reilly, GW4MAD via Wenvoe Club Amateur Radio Group, c/o Transmitting Station, St. Lythans, Wenvoe, Nr. Cardiff CF5 6BQ, Wales, Great Britain
• SV1GE John Traicos, 59 Mistra Str., Glyfada, Athens, Greece
• UA0SMF M. Dorokhov, Koneva st. 20/244, Irkutsk, 664043, Russia
• UB4JLF Yuri Zapadnja, Podgornaya st. 4, Zolotoe Pole,Crimea 334718,Ukraine
• UU0JM via W1TE (ex WA3TXR)
• UX3M via UR3MP or direct: Andy Yarovoi,Box 50,Perevalsk 349140,Ukraine
• VU2LO via bureau or Lokesh Khanne, B-63, Paschimi Marg, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi 110067, India
• XE2AC Luis F Delgadillo, Lindavista 112, Aguascalientes, AGS 20040,Mexico
• XW8KPL via JH1EVE
• YN1RLI via WA4JTK

QSLs arrived via bureau: 3A/IK2GZU (IK2SAU), 9H3UK (PA3DES), CP8XA, DU9RG, CU9B (CU3AV), EG9IA (EA4URE), GJ/DK7SU, HB0/DL8OBF, OI0JWH (DJ2PJ), ZP5KW, OY/SM6RXS, T99WW (KC7V), VP2EZI, WP4IWW, YB2ARW, ZB2/DL7CM,ZY0ZGD (SM0AGD)

QSLs arrived directly: 7O1A (JH1AJT)

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