DX Newsletter 1060: August 25, 1997

DX-NL 1060 - August 25, 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

KH0 - NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS Masa, KH0/JH6VLF, and Seiji, AH0R/JH6RTO, will be QRV from OC-086 from Sep 12-16. QSLs via homecalls (JH6RTO address see DXNL 1040).

KH3 - JOHNSTON ISLAND Al, KK5ZX, will appear around September 1 and stays until October 1. QSL via K3SX (ex K3SME), 5008 Red Hill Rd, Keedysville, MD 21756,USA.

KH4 - MIDWAY ISLAND On their way home the KH7 team will stop on Midway on October 3/4.

KH7 - KURE ISLAND UA3AB, W0MY (ex W0RLX), SM0AGD, KH7K and OH2LVG/AH0W will be on the air with four stations from Kure Island between September 26 and October 3. They will emphasize especially Europe and the lowbands. QSL via KE7LZ, Bob Johnson, 5627 West Hearn Rd, Glendale, AZ 85306,USA.

VK9 - WILLIS ISLAND The calls are VK9WY (YLs), VK9WM (OMs) and VK4YN from Holmes Reef. All QSLs via VK4FW.

YB - INDONESIA (Correction of DXNL 1057) The release of the 20m band for YC stations was a hoax of the local authorities in Indonesia.

AFRICA

9X - RWANDA After logging 41000 QSOs Mark, 9X4WW/ON4WW, went QRT on August 9. QSL via ON5NT.

EA9 - CEUTA AND MELILLA Frank, EA9/EA5RD, and Kim, EA9/EA5ND, will be QRV with two stations in CW/SSB/RTTY on 10-80m on September 6/7. QSL via bureau or direct.

TT - CHAD Jim, TT8/WA4KKY, is now active as TT8JWM. QSL via bureau to WA4KKY. TT8/WB4MBU is now TT8JFC.

V5 - NAMIBIA Ulmar, V5/DK1CE, is QRV until August 30.

Z2 - ZIMBABWE Cedrick's (Z2/N9YXA) antennas had severe damages after the flight. Contrary to DXNL 1055 he made only a few QSOs and will try again next year.

AMERICA

CY9 - ST PAUL ISLAND VA3RU, VA3EU and HA5IJ will be QRV as CY9DX especially in CW during the SAC and the WAE contests from September 12-22. QSL via VA3RU.

FP - ST PIERRE & MIQUELON FP5CJ, FP5AC and FP5BU were on the air from NA-032 signing FP5KE/p from August 22-24. QSL via FP5CJ, Jean Pierre Carrere, BP 1543, St Pierre et Miquelon.

KP5 - DESECHEO ISLAND For safety reasons Vance, W5IJU, was refused to land on the island.

VP9 - BERMUDA ISLAND Fred, K1EFI/VP9, will be active in CW on the WARC bands and in the Bermuda Net (Sunday 1230 UTC on 14275 kHz) between September 25 and October 6. QSL via K1EFI.

ASIA

9M6 - EASTERN MALAYSIA Hans,DF5UG, will probably be QRV from OC-165 as 9M8QQ in September. QSL via DF5UG.

DU - PHILIPPINES WH6DAG/DU1, Moni, and AH6OM/DU1, Mike, are on Mindoro from Aug 30 until September 17. QSL to Mike's homecall DL2SEK.

1S - SPRATLY ISLANDS 9M6OO made 10000 QSOs in three days, 9M6PO only 2200.

EUROPE

CU - AZORES CU2/DL3KDV and CU2/DL4XS will be QRV from September 1-14. QSL via DARC bureau.

CT - PORTUGAL During the EXPO 98 the special prefixes CQ98 (CT3), CS98 (CT4), CT98 (CT1, CT2 or CT5) and CU98 (CU) will be on the air between January 1 and September 30, 1998.

CONTESTS

LZ DX Contest CW: Sep 6 1200 UTC until Sep 7 1200 UTC. Bands: 10-80m. Exchange: RST+ITU-Zone. QSOs with own continent do count, too.

Region 1 SSB Fieldday: Sep 6 1500 UTC until Sep 7 1500 UTC. Bands: 10-160m. Exchange: RS+QSO number.

All Asian SSB Contest: Sep 6 0000 UTC until Sep 7 2400 UTC. Bands: 10-160m. Exchange: RS+your age (YLs=00).

Preview

DATE           CALL           DXNL

now            3D2PN          1059
Aug 8 -Oct 8   4F2DX          1056
Aug 31-Sep 7   5A28           1057
Nov 25-Dec 4   5A1A           1057
May   -Nov     5X1Z           1044
Jul   -Nov     5X    (DJ1US)  1054
End of 97      9G1AA          1050
Feb 98         9M0C  ???      1057
Sep            9M8QQ          1060 *
Aug 30-Sep 11  9Y4   (PA's)   1058
Sep 4 -Sep 16  BT1IARU        1057
Sep 1 -Sep 14  CU2/DL3KDV     1060 *
Sep 12-Sep 22  CY9DX          1060 *
Aug 30-Sep 17  WH6DAG/DU1     1060 *
Sep 6 -Sep 7   EA9/EA5RD etc  1060 *
   Nov/Dec     EP    (SP5INQ) 1052
Aug 21-Sep 2   FH/IK4NQW/p    1058
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
Sep 12-Sep 16  AH0R etc       1060 *
Aug   -Dec     WH6ASW/KH2     1057
Aug 28-Oct 1   KH3            1058, 1060 *
Oct 3 -Oct 4   KH4   (W0MY)   1060 *
Aug 27-Sep 5   KH6   (N4BQW)  1059
Sep 26-Oct 3   KH7K           1060 *
Sep 24-Sep 30  P40TT          1059
   Oct/Nov     S21ZA          1059
Aug 24-Sep 4   T94DX          1058
  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 30  V5/DK1CE       1060 *
Sep 9 -Sep 21  VK9WM etc      1047, 1060 *
Oct 22-Oct 30  WP2Z  etc      1059
Aug 22-        ZD7WRG         1059
Sep 20-Sep 27  ZK1XXP         1041, 1057
      -Sep     XV7SW          1055

"NEW": 1060 *

Bandspots of the last 7 days

160m
   5H1CW      1826  2203 via K8EFS
   J6/PA3ERC  1827  0353 via PA3ERC, bureau
   LU6KBX     1833  0417
   PJ8/DL5LYM 1829  0330
   TF3GB      1823  0036 Box 1058, Reykjavik, Iceland
   VP2EXM     1829  0329 via DL3XM

80m
   HP1XBI     3507  0337 via F6AJA, bureau
   J6/PA3EWP  3505  0530 via PA3ERC, bureau
   J73BT      3790  0455
   TF3GC      3506  2344 Box 1058, Reykjavik, Iceland
   V51E       3797  0515

40m
   5H1CW      7006  2010 via K8EFS
   6Y5DA      7080  0527 via VE4JK, bureau
   HR6XX      7055  0148 via CX3CE, bureau
   JY8WA      7005  0404 via DK3GI
   VP2EXM     7006  0458 via DL3XM
   YC8TZR     7006  1701 via bureau
   ZP5GPM     7011  0559

30m
   9M6HIL    10109  2244 via N2OO
   TY1IJ     10103  2123 via DK8ZD, bureau
   V31JP     10107  2345 via K8JP
   VP8CTR    10109  2112 via DL5EBE, bureau
   ZL4WA     10103  2016

20m
   3D2PN     14003  0743 via OH5BQ, bureau
   9M6HIL    14190  1849 via N2OO
   9M6PO     14195  0826 via OH2BH
   CX2TG     14193  2056
   HI8H      14262  2041 Box 1504, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
   HR6XX     14195  2323 via CX3CE, bureau
   VP2EXM    14014  2135 via DL3XM

17m
   3W5RS     18080  1408 Box 303, Vung Tau, Vietnam
   CP8XA     18083  2013 via DG9NB
   CX6FP     18132  2032 via CBA
   FY5FJ     18126  2035 via IK2HTW
   HK6KKK    18068  2050
   TI7DBS    18130  2137 via bureau
   TT8AWM    18147  1842 via WA4KKY
   V5/DK1CE  18085  1513 via bureau
   ZF1PM     18128  0042
   ZP9XB     18071  2142 via PY5BI

15m
   3W6KA     21287  0856 Box 76, Saigon, Vietnam
   7Q7CE     21285  0906 via IN3VZE, bureau
   9M6PO     21295  0949 via OH2BH
   J38AI     21294  1929 via IV3TMV
   TZ6JA     21280  1951 via JA3EMU
   VR2MM     21019  0748 via JR3JFZ
   XE1MX     21240  2241

12m
   4X1MO     24939  1049
   5X1P      24900  1159 via G3MRC
   CX6FP     24945  1916 via CBA
   K1IED     24947  1527
   TI4CF     24945  2010 via W3HNK
   TF3KM     24960  2202

10m
   7X2LS     28490  0903 direct only
   8R1Z      28440  2018 via W4FRU
   9X/RW3AH  28495  1451 direct via homecall
   CX4BAD    28460  1938
   K1ST      28477  1601
   OY4TN     28490  1509 via OY6FRA

INFO

QSL Routes

QSLs arrived via bureau:3A7G, 3A/IK1QBT, 3V8BB (OKDXF), 3V8BB (DL2HBX), 5X4B (DL8AAM), 9H3WD+9H3WM (OK1AD), 9K2F (9K2HN), D68ET (DL4XS), IG9/IT9GSF (IV3TAN), J56DY (IK4SDY), OI0KAG (OH1KAG), SV/I2YYO/p, T70A, TA3BN, VK4CY, XF/OH2NSM,XR6M,SM0FIB/Z2,ZK1DI,ZL7ZB,ZW114A (PY4BA)

QSLs arrived directly: 9V1UV, A71EY, AH8A (AC7DX), BS7H (W4FRU), XE3RT, TT8SP (F5OIJ), PA3CXC/ST0 (N4FN), YJ0ANY (DJ3NY)

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