DX Newsletter 1059: August 18, 1997

DX-NL 1059 - August 18, 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

3D2 - FIJI After his operation as FW5IW Paul appeared as 3D2PN (NOT 3D2CN) on the bands. 3D2PN also via bureau to OH5UQ.

KH0 - MARIANA ISLANDS N2PQE/KH0 will be active from Saipan in CW/SSB/RTTY on 10-40m from August 22-25. QSL via JE2HCJ. - JA2BWH, JA1BUI, JA1DHY and JA7NJN will be on the air as KH0/homecall on August 30/31.

KH6 - HAWAII Chuck Brady, N4BQW, will activate Tern Island (OC-055) on 10-80m in SSB/CW and perhaps also RTTY between August 27 and September 5. He will listen especially for Europe. QSL via WA4FFW, Mark McIntyre, 2903 Maple Ave, Burlington, NC 27215, USA.

AFRICA

TL - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Mike, TL8MR, shall be QRV for one year. QSL direct only via F6FNU.

TT - CHAD Since July Jim, TT8/WA4KKY, is regularly active either on 18150 kHz or 14225 kHz. He will be replaced by John, WB4MBU, on September 5. TT8/WA4KKY via WA4 bureau.

ZD7 - ST HELENA John, ZD7WRG, is active again especially on 14085 kHz and 21085 kHz in RTTY starting August 22.

AMERICA

HR - HONDURAS HR6/CX3CE, HR6/CX4CR and HR6/CX3AN will be on Roatan Island between August 23 and Sep 3. QSL via CX3CE, Box 244, Montevideo, Uruguay.

KL7 - ALASKA Frank, KL7FH, is QRV as WL7KY from Shemya Island from August 22-25.

KP2 - US VIRGIN ISLANDS Doug, W3CF, and Dick, K3MQH, will take part in the WWDX CW Contest from Windwood signing WP2Z from October 22-30. QSL for WP2Z and W3CF/KP2 via KK3S, K2MQH/KP2 via K3MQH.

P4 - ARUBA Ray, WF1B, will be QRV as P40TT during the RTTY Contest and in SSB from September 24-30.

V3 - BELIZE Jay, K0BCN, has been announced as V31MX in CW/SSB on 10/15/20m from October 21-29.

V4 - ST CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS Joe, V47CA, will be active again around the WWDX CW Contest between November 16 and December 1. QSL via homecall VE3BW.

ASIA

1S - SPRATLY ISLANDS N2OO and N0RN were joined by Jani, YB0US. Their callsign was 9M6OO.

AP - PAKISTAN AP50NK should have appeared in AMTOR/PACTOR/GTOR on 14065 kHz and 7038 kHz around August 13. This station shall count also for the Pakistani 50 Years of Independence Award.

EX - KIRGISIA Valery, EX0V (ex UM8NU), is now active also in RTTY. Look for him around 14080 kHz from 0100-0300 UTC and 1200-1800 UTC. Skeds can be arranged via e-mail EX0V@amsat.org. QSLs also for UM8NU, UM8NAP, UM1N, UM93NU and UM1N via N6FF (ex KL7H/W6).

S2 - BANGLADESH Rumours say that Jim, VK9NS, could be active as S21ZA in Oct/Nov.

EUROPE

HB0 - LIECHTENSTEIN Henry, HB0/SP2FOV, and Kazik, HB0/DL2SBY, are QRV in CW/SSB/RTTY on 80-10m. QSL via homecall.

JW - SVALBARD Kjell, JW/SM7NAS, will be on the air from the clubstation JW5E in Longyearbyen between Aug 29 and Sep 1. QSLs to SM7NAS via bureau or direct to Kjell Adolfsson, Dalbovagen 16B, S-59096 Overum, Sweden.

Preview

DATE           CALL            DXNL

Aug 19-Aug 22  1S    (OH2YY)   1057, 1058
Jul   -Oct     3A/I1YRL        1054
now            3D2PN           1059 *
Aug 8 -Oct 8   4F2DX           1056
Aug 31-Sep 7   5A28            1057
Nov 25-Dec 4   5A1A            1057
May   -Nov     5X    (SM7PKK)  1044
Jul   -Nov     5X    (DJ1US)   1054
Aug 2 -Aug 25  7Q7CE           1056
End of 97      9G1AA           1050
Feb 98         9M0C  ???       1057
Aug 4 -Aug 23  9M6HIL          1054
Aug 24-        9X/RW3AH        1056
Aug 30-Sep 11  9Y4   (PA's)    1058
Aug 13-???     AP50NK          1059 *
Sep 4 -Sep 16  BT1IARU         1057
Aug 1 -Aug 16  C6AFP           1055
Nov, Dec       EP    (SP5INQ)  1052
Aug 21-Sep 2   FH/IK4NQW/p     1058
Aug 20-Aug 27  HB0/SP2FGOV     1059 *
Aug 23-Sep 3   HR6/CX3CE etc   1059 *
Aug 12-Sep 22  HS0/TK5AE ???   1058
Aug 21-Aug 30  J6    (PA's)    1058
Jul 23-Sep     JG8NQJ/JD1      1054
Aug 14-Aug 29  JW6RHA          1051
Aug 29-Sep 1   JW/SM7NAS       1059 *
Aug 20-Sep     KG4ML           1058
Aug 22-Aug 25  N2PQE/KH0       1059 *
Aug   -Dec     WH6ASW/KH2      1057
Aug 23-        KH3   (KK5ZX)   1058
Aug 27-Sep 5   KH6   (N4BQW)   1059 *
Aug 26-Sep 2   OX    (PA3GQW)  1039 
Sep 24-Sep 30  P40TT           1059 *
Aug 1 -Aug 26  P40XM           1056
Oct   -Nov     S21ZA           1059 *
Aug 24-Sep 4   T94DX           1058
Aug 12-Aug 31  TK/F5UKW        1057
Aug 17-Aug 31  TK/IK0HWI       1057
  1997/1998    TL8MR           1059 *
Jul   -Sep 5   TT8/WA4KKY      1059 *
Aug 7 -Sep     TY1IJ           1055
Oct 21-Oct 29  V31MX           1059 *
Nov 16-Dec 1   V47CA           1059 *
Aug 12-Aug 24  VP5/I4ALU       1056
Aug 22-Aug 25  WL7KY           1059 *
Oct 22-Oct 30  WP2Z            1059 *
Aug 22-        ZD7WRG          1059 *
Sep 20-Sep 27  ZK1XXP          1041, 1057
      -Sep     XV7SW           1055

"NEW": 1059 *

Bandspots of the last 7 days

160m
   FH/DF2SS  1844  0103 via homecall
   TT8JWM    1845  1607 via WA4KKY
   VK6VZ     1830  2244
   VP2VI     1829  0423 via AB1U

80m
   3DA0CA    3508  0330 via bureau
   5H1AX     3504  2025 via WB4KAX
   7X2JF     3793  2102
   V31JP     3507  0300 via K8JP
   VU2PAI/50 3509  1919 Box 730, 575003 Mangalore, India

40m
   3D2RW     7008  0510 via ZL1AMO, bureau
   HK3BZO    7051  0514
   OA8AAQ    7000  0435
   TR8XX     7025  1854 via bureau
   V31JP     7007  0419 via K8JP

30m
   7X2RO    10107  2237 via OM3CGN
   9M6HIL   10102  1753 via N2OO
   9M6OO    10104  2323 via N2OO
   EP2MKP   10107  1824 via UV6HPV
   FH/DF2SS 10106  1758 via homecall
   J38AH    10115  2305 via IV3TMV
   KG9HE    10115  0033
   VR97BG   10102  2224 via VS6BG

20m
   9M6OO    14195  1317 via N2OO
   CY0NCD   14009  2157 via VA3NCD
   HL5KY    14012  1611 via W3HNK
   T32O     14184  0617 via WC5P
   V31JP    14245  0035 via K8JP

17m
   3D2PN    18075  0923 via OH5UQ, bureau
   5X1P     18088  1530 via G3MRC 
   9M6HIL   18134  1509 via N2OO
   C6AGR    18146  2143 via CBA
   J38AI    18119  1705 via IV3TMV 

15m
   3D2PN    21026  0922 via OH5UQ, bureau
   5X1Z     21002  0802 via SM7PKK
   6W1HM    21275  1311
   9G1BJ    21181  2032 via G4XTA
   9M6OO    21295  0946 via N2OO
   9Q5HX    21295  1955 via IK2MRZ
   CP6EB    21249  2054 Box 291, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
   TZ6VV    21290  1819 via JA3EMU
   YC9VX    21300  0934 via JB1ZZ

12m
   7X2RO    24895  1506 via F6FNU, direct  
   9M8FC    24931  1328 via CBA
   9Q5HX    24920  2030 via bureau
   KG4ML    24910  2125 via WB6VGI
   VR97BG   24895  0941 via VS6BG
   ZP5ALI   24940  1907 via bureau

10m
   5H3MS    28009  0906 via bureau
   5N0T     28484  1902 via F2YT, bureau
   6W1QV    28500  1717 via F6FNU, direct 
   7X2RO    28004  1440 via F6FNU, direct  
   9J2DR    28014  1851 Box 30062, Lusaka, Zambia
   9Y4VU    28484  2119 via W3EVW, bureau
   CE0ZIS   28466  1959 via CE2RKD
   J38AI    28494  2033 via IV3TMV
   P43RR    28416  2115
   TT8LJP   28503  1639
   XT2DP    28470  1804 via WB2YQH
   ZP5WBM   28395  2004

INFO

QSL Routes

• 3D2SJ Steve, Box 1354, Suva, Fiji
• 5R8FFK NOT via W3FYT but direct to NY3N
• 7Q7EH AA9HD, Chris Cieslak, 810 N 16th Ave., Melrose Park, IL 60160-3829, USA (also via bureau). The cards answered, too. Do NOT send direct mail to W1EH!
• 9M2FK (AS-015) Eshee Razak, 281 C Jalan Pekeliling, 11700 Penang,Malaysia
• 9M2TO direct to JA0DMV or via JARL bureau
• BD7JA Yang, Box 1713, Canton, China
• CT1BWW Manuel Alberto Canceicao Marques, Box 41, P-2780 Oeiras, Portugal
• BD7YA (AS-094) via BY7HL, Changsha Radio Sport Assn, Box 105,Changsha,China
• BU0DX via BV2OO, c/o CTARL, Box 73, Taipei, Taiwan
• CQ1I via CT1FMX, Jorge Santos, Box 189, P-2562 Torres Vedras, Portugal
• EA5HQ STL URE Ontinyent, Box 361, 46870 Ontinyent, Spain
• EA5OL Francisco Gil Guerrero, Box 8176, 46080 Valencia, Spain
• EJ9HQ/p (EU-103) via EI9HQ
• ES1RA/1 (EU-149) Oleg M Mir, Box 806, Tallinn, EE-0017, Estonia
• F6FNU is now also manager for FR5KH, J28EP, J28TC, FR5TU, FR5DT/J, TR8PP, FR5DT/E, FR5KH/J, TT8AB, TT6FNU, 6W1QV, Z21KM, TL8EJ, TL8DE, TL8MR, ES5RY in contests, 5R8DO, 5R8FM, ZY3CEJ, PY3CEJ, TK5NI, 5X1K, TJ1HP and F/TJ1MR. Do NOT send QSLs via bureau but you can try his e-mail antoine.baldeck@wanadoo.fr.
• GB2LBN via GM4UYZ
• GB2LCL via GM3WML
• GB2LCP via GM0FSZ
• GB2LKH via GM0WIB
• GB2LO via GM0HTH
• GB2LT via GM4SUC
• GB2LTH via GM0PKW
• GB2LTN via GM0IYP
• GM4SUC Mike Dalrymple, Box 36, Prestwick KA9 1AL, Scotland
• IK/OE8XJK via bureau or c/o Jugendzentrum Mozarthof, St Veiter Str 26, A-9020 Klagenfurt, Austria. The CBA is wrong.
• JW0M Jack, Box 35, 80-325, Gdansk 37, Poland
• KP2/AA1BU (NA-106) via WA1LNP
• M7D (EU-005) via G3LZQ
• OZ4FF (EU-030) Karsten Tranberg, Drosselvangen 11, DK-3700 Roenne,Denmark
• OZ7DAL Danish Amateur Lightship, Fyrskib 21, DK-8400 Ebeltoft, Denmark
• PP5JD Jaime Dorneles,R Afonso Pena 772,Florianopolis, SC 88070-650,Brasil
• VK2IOM via bureau to VK2BEX or direct to Mr Atsu Asahina,Box 195, Killara, NSW 2071, Australia
• VK4AAR Alan writes that he cannot change IRCs which are not stamped in the lower left box.
• VK9NS (OC-005) Jim Smith, Box 90, Norfolk Island, NSW 2899, Australia
• YC8UYB (OC-146) Ricky Welan, Box 1423, Manado 95014, Indonesia
• YO3FRI Tina Muller, Box 18-130, R-71500 Bucaresti, Romania
• Z39Z via Z37FAD
• ZW2E via PY2YW

QSLs arrived via bureau: 4K1ADQ (UA1ADQ after 4 years), 9M2JJ (SM0OEK), 9M6NA (JE1JKL), 9M2TO (JA0DMV), C9LCK/P (I4LCK), CM6AZ, CO9OTA (CT1ZW), D2FIB (SM0FIB), FJ/F6BFH, D44AC (IK3RIY), D68XS (DL4XS), K4YT/EL2, HJ4SAN, HK3DDD, HV4NAC (IK0FVC), J28JY (F6BFH), KH6AQ, J56DY (IK4SDY)

QSLs arrived directly: 9Q5PA, 9Q5BQ (HB9AMO), EK6GC (W3HNK), S0A (EA2JG), ER5GB, ZD7BG

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