DX Newsletter 1058: August 11, 1997

DX-NL 1058 - August 11, 1997
DX News Letter
Editor: Michael, DJ5AV

(PR: DJ5AV @ OE9XPI.AUT.EU)
(e-mail: mikeoerter.dj5av@t-online.de)

translated into English by Bob, DL7VOA
(e-mail: robert@wirtschaft.tu-ilmenau.de)

PACIFIC

KH3 - JOHNSTON ISLAND Al, KK5ZX, will start his new job on the island on August 20 and he hopes to be active by August 23. He intends to be active from the clubstation every 3 to 4 days.

J6 - ST LUCIA / 9Y4 - TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO PA3BBP, PA3ERC and PA3EWP will be active as J6/homecall or J68BP, J68RC and J68WP from Cap Estate from August 21-30. After that they will be QRV as 9Y4/homecall from Pigeon Point with two stations on 160-10m even in RTTY and via RS-12. Emphasis will be put on WARC and the lowbands for Europe. For further information, questions and log searching check the webpage by Alex, PA3DMH. QSLs to PA3ERC via buro or to Rob Snieder, Van Leeuwenstraat 137, NL-2273 VS Voorburg, The Netherlands.

AFRICA

5X - UGANDA Peter, ON6TT/5X1T, writes that there are several active stations in Uganda: Paul, 5X4F, Mario, 5X1C, Joe, 5X1P and Mats, 5X1Z. DJ1US is still waiting for his license. Mats is returning from Belgium in these days and Peter will head home from August 12 until the end of September. Paul, 5X4F/W4PFM (QSL via K3SW) will return to the US by the end of October.

FH - MAYOTTE ISLAND Giuseppe, FH/IK4NQW/p, will be on AF-027 between August 21 and September 2. QSL via IK4NQW.

TU - COTE D'IVOIRE Gerard, TU5FE, is QRV daily on 28495 kHz around 1800 UTC.

TY - BENIN Sigi, DJ4IJ, became QRV as TY1IJ on August 7. QSL via DK8ZD.

ZD9 - TRISTAN DA CUNHA Ian, ZD9IL, is active on nearly all bands. QSL via ZS5BBO, Edwin Musto, Box 211032, Bluff, 4036, Rep. South Africa.

AMERICA

CY0 - SABLE ISLAND Due to transportation problems CY0NCD hit the airwaves one week earlier than announced from August 8-12.

FP - ST PIERRE AND MIQUELON Rich, K2RW, is announced as FP5AA in RTTY (SARTG Contest) from August 14-18. QSL via K2RW.

KG4 - GUANTANAMO BAY Larry, KG4ML, has been announced in CW/SSB for one month starting on August 20. QSL via his homecall WB6VGI (address see DX NL 1037).

ASIA

1S - SPRATLY ISLANDS Pekka, OH2YY/BY, will probably get a 9M6 call. QSL via OH2BH,Martti Laine, Nuottaniementie 3D20, SF-02230 Espoo, Finland.

9M2 - WESTERN MALAYSIA Ray, G3NOM, was QRV as 9M2OM/p from Besar Island (AS-097) and plans to activate Ketam Island (AS-074) on short notice. QSL via G0CMM (address see DX NL 1057).

AP - PAKISTAN JA1EZM is QRV as AP2AP from August 9-17. QSL via JA1EZM, Hiro Tabuchi, 242 Kumagawa, Fussa 197, Japan. Another packet mail writes that this call has NOT been issued by the licensing authorities.

BV - TAIWAN Several special event prefixes are on the air until October 1. BV2EW, BV5AF, BV4FH and BV4YB are QRV as BM0BV; BV4BO, BV5AG, BV5EV and BV4YL as BX0YL and BV7WB plus BV7YA will sign BW0TH.

HS - THAILAND Francois will be active as HS0/TK5AE or HS0AC in CW and on 28477, 21277, 14177, 7077 and 3770 kHz between August 12 and September 22. QSL via TK5AE.

EUROPE

T9 - BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA Mario, DL1FDV, will be QRV signing T94DX in CW and SSB on all bands from August 24 and September 4. QSL via bureau to DL1FDV or to Mario Lovric, Hagebuttenweg 4, D-61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany.

CONTESTS

SEANET WWDX Contest SSB: August 16 0001 UTC till August 17 2359 UTC. Bands: 10-160m. Exchange: RST+QSO number (country list see DX NL 1053/1054)

SARTG WW Contest RTTY: August 16 0000Z-0800Z and 1600Z-2400Z and August 17 0800Z-1600Z. More information not available.

Preview

DATE           CALL           DXNL

Aug 14-Aug 18  1S   (N2OO)    1054
Aug 19-Aug 22  1S   (OH2YY)   1057, 1058 *
Jul   -Oct     3A/I1YRL       1054
Aug 13-Aug 20  3D2RW          1056
Aug 8 -Oct 8   4F2DX          1056
Aug 31-Sep 7   5A28           1057
Nov 25-Dec 4   5A1A           1057
Mai   -Nov     5X   (SM7PKK)  1044
Jul   -Nov     5X   (DJ1US)   1054
Aug 2 -Aug 25  7Q7CE          1056
End of 97      9G1AA          1050
Aug 2 -Aug 20  9H8CI          1046
Feb 98         9M0C ???       1057
Aug 4 -Aug 23  9M6HIL         1054
Aug 24-        9X/RW3AH       1056
Aug 30-Sep 11  9Y4  (PA's)    1058 *
Aug 9 -Aug 17  AP2AP          1058 *
Sep 4 -Sep 16  BT1IARU        1057
Aug 1 -Aug 16  C6AFP          1055
Nov, Dec       EP   (SP5INQ)  1052
Aug 8 -Aug 17  FG/EA3CB       1056
Jul 28-Aug 17  FH/ + FR/DF2SS 1055
Aug 21-Sep 2   FH/IK4NQW/p    1058 *
Aug 15-Aug 18  FP5AA          1058 *
Aug 12-Sep 22  HS0/TK5AE ?    1058 *
Aug 6 -Aug 22  J38AI          1055
Aug 21-Aug 30  J6   (PA's)    1058 *
Aug 14-Aug 16  JD   (JM1YGG)  1055
Jul 23-Sep     JG8NQJ/JD1     1054
Aug 14-Aug 29  JW6RHA         1051
Aug 20-Sep     KG4ML          1058 *
Aug   -Dec     WH6ASW/KH2     1057
Aug 23-        KH3  (KK5ZX)   1058 *
Jul 6 -Aug 20  KH4/NH6YK      1053
Aug 14-Aug 17  OH0  (SM's)    1057
Aug 26-Sep 2   OX   (PA3GQW)  1039
Aug 1 -Aug 26  P40XM          1056
Aug 24-Sep 4   T94DX          1058 *
Aug 12-Aug 31  TK/F5UKW       1057
Aug 17-Aug 31  TK/IK0HWI      1057
Aug 7 -Sep     TY1IJ          1055
Aug 12-Aug 24  VP5/I4ALU      1056
Sep 20-Sep 27  ZK1XXP         1041, 1057
      -Sep     XV7SW          1055
Aug 3 -Aug 21  Z2/N9YXA       1055

"NEW": 1058 *

Bandspots of the last 7 days

160m
   FH/DF2SS  1832  2219 via DF2SS
   LU6KBX    1829  2307
   OD5/9K2MU 1834  0101 via WA4JTK
   VK6HD     1832  2224
   W3BGN     1831  0022
   YC0LOW    1826  2102

80m
   5H1FS     3798  2035 via I4UFH
   7P8BO     3506  2027 via W4YBO
   8P6FF     3512  0437 via CBA
   CY0NCD    3507  0449 via VA3NCD
   FH/DF2SS  3505  2044 via DF2SS
   P40XM     3508  0221 via DL3XM, bureau
   JY8WA     3504  2228 via DK3GI
   ZZ2Z      3503  0422 via AC7DX

40m
   7P8BO     7006  1923 via W4YBO
   7X2RO     7000  2234 via OM3CGN
   9V1ZB     7007  2336 via JL3WSL
   CE1LDS    7054  2348
   FK8GM     7085  0519 via WB2RAJ, bureau
   HJ0RMR    7072  0151
   J38AH     7048  0532 via IV3TMV
   ZL3NW     7092  0553

30m
   5X4F     10109  1553 via K3SW
   AP2AP    10105  1614 via JA1EZM
   EP2MKP   10103  2201 via UV6HPV, CBA
   FH/DF2SS 10108  2011 via DF2SS
   FG/F2HE  10114  2341 via F6LQJ, bureau
   P40XM    10102  2011 via DL3XM, bureau
   VR2KF    10114  1646 via JH1OGX, bureau
   ZK1AAT   10109  0432 via KQ2I

20m
   9J2BO    14034  1818 via W6ORD
   AH8A     14242  0735 via AC7DX, direct
   AP50WAP  14290  1633 via IK4ZGY
   CP6EB    14170  2022 Box 291, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
   CY0NCD   14002  1900 via VA3NCD
   EP2MKO   14005  1918 via UA6HCW, bureau
   FG/EA3CB 14089  2240
   FO5BI    14014  0822 via F6HSI
   FS5PL    14020  2207 via N0JT
   VR2KF    14004  1646 via JH1OGX, bureau
   XW8CT    14006  1459 Lin, Box 518, Vientiane, Laos

17m
   5H1FS    18138  1511 via I4UFH
   J38AI    18140  2030 via IV3TMV
   9M6HIL   18134  1518 via N2OO
   FG5EY    18075  2143 via F6EYB
   FH/DF2SS 18150  1845 via DF2SS
   HP1XBI   18074  1936 via F6AJA, bureau

15m
   5H1FS    21250  1451 via I4UFH
   9G1YR    21258  1303 via G4XTA
   9V1ZB    21009  0711 via JL3WSL
   CX6BZ    21252  1923
   ZD7HI    21270  1709 via N2AU, direct

12m
   5H1FS    24940  1436 via I4UFH
   5X1P     24897  1741 via G3MRC
   9M8FC    24931  1336 CBA 95
   ZP5ALI   24940  1901

10m
   JY8WA    28020  1005 via DK3GI
   OD5CX    28478  0906
   ZP6CE    28550  2113

INFO

QSL Routes

• 4U1UN and 4U51UN before April 97 via WB8LFO. Egbert, ON4CAS, states that he got an e-mail confirmation that all his cards arrived months ago but still he doesn't have any QSLs for QSOs in April and Sep 1996.W6TER has the logs starting April 1997. Egbert is now looking for other OMs who are still waiting for 4U1UN QSLs. Write him via PR or direct to E Hertsen, Postbus 85, B-2800 Mechelen, Belgium.
• 7Q7EH NOT via W1EH, but via AA9HD direct ONLY
• 9H1YP YL Anna and 9H1ZE, Joe, and 9H3XF, Mario, via IZ3AHY, Sala Mario Box 10, I-32010 Polpet di P.n.A. (Belluno), Italy
• A61AN NOT via WA3HUP
• CT1FMX is QSL manager for: CQ5B Berlenga Isl. (EU-040) June 95; CT8FMX/P Pessegueiro Isl. (EU-167) May 26, 96; CT1FMX/P Insua Isl. (EU-150) Jul 24-28, 97; CQ4FMX, CQ5FMX, CS5FMX, CT8FMX, CQ6FMX, CQ7M (1995), CQ2S, CS4FMX, CS4FMX/P, CT1FMX/P and CT1YTS.
• DK8OL NOT via DL0HRO but via buro or Stefan Specht, Brandenburger Str 7, D-25980 Westerland, Germany
• EA5AL/p via EA5AL, Box 87, 12100 Onda-Castellon, Spain
• ED1MC via bureau or direct to EA1DD (CW) or EA1NK (SSB)
• EP2MKO via UA6HCW is now accepted for Iran at the DXCC desk.
• G3ZAY via bureau or to Martin Atherton, 41 Enniskillen Road, Cambridge, CB4 1SQ, Great Britain
• GB0LI via G3WNI or G0PSE
• GU6D (1996) via G3SJJ
• GU7D (1997) via G3SJJ
• GW8FIS/p via G4KCT
• HL0BDU/4 via buro or direct to Byung Kook Hwang, DongA University, San 840, Hadandong, Sahaku, Pusan 604-714, South Korea
• HO6V, HP6V, 3E6V, 3F6V, H63V, H96V, 3F1P and 3E8C ALL via HP2CWB, Jose NG Direct Distribution Ltd, PTY 201, Box 2-5275, Miami, FL 33102-5275, USA (only US $ accepted as return postage!)
• IK8YFU Alessandro Pochi, Via Cavour 8, I-89024 Polistena (RC), Italy
• IW8PZA Sergio Albanese, Via Scesa Fontana SNC,I-89024 Polistena (RC),Italy
• IZ8BAD Domenico Lo Bianco, Via Palach Palazzo Lo Bianco 82, I-88023 Vibo Valentia, Italy
• J48W via bureau or direct to SV1CIB, Dimitris Lianos, Box 127, 30100 Agrinion, Greece
• K3IPK Richard M Neuman, 335 Camp Hill, Fort Washington, PA 19034, USA
• KK4HD Paul JC Van Der Eijk, 499 Bradford Drive, Annandale, VA 22003, USA
• OZ1IYL H Hansen, Soemarksvej 122, DK-5471 Soendersoe, Denmark
• PA3ERC is QSL manager for: J6/9Y4 operation (Aug 97), HB0/PA3ERC/p (94), VP5/PA3BBP, VP5/PA3ERC, VP5/PA3EWP, VP5/PA3FQA,VP5C (95),FG/PA3BBP, FG/PA3ERC, FG/PA3EWP, FG/PA3FQA, TO5C (96), J79BP, J79RC, J79WP, J79QA, J77C (96), FM/PA3BBP, FM/PA3ERC, FM/PA3EWP, FM/PA3FQA (96) via bureau or direct to PA3ERC, Rob Snieder, Van Leeuwenstraat 137, Voorburg, NL-2273 VS, The Netherlands
• SV1CID/3 via bureau or direct to SV1CID, Bakolitsas Kostas, 3 Parodos Kolokotroni 11, Agrinio 30100, Greece
• UE6ADI/p via UA6MF CBA or via bureau
• VR6TC via WD6GUD
• VU2PAI/50, Pai, from July 1 till September 30 via Box 730, Mangalore,India. It is ILLEGAL to send US $ to India! Therefore Pai is very glad about any enclosed stamps (also stamped ones) for his collection.
• W2GSB/p via AC2P CBA with return postage
• W4MT via KE4WMG
• ZZ2Z (Cesar PY2YP) NEW via AC7DX, Box 25426, Eugene, OR 97402, USA

QSLs arrived directly: 4L5A (via IK3HHX), PY0TI (via PY1UP)

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