DX Newsletter 1069: October 27, 1997

DX Newsletter 1069
October 27, 1997

DX-NL 1069 - October 27, 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

3D - FIJI Gerard, PA3AXU, will use the call 3D2XU during his holiday from November 4-8. QSL to his address: G. Dijkers, Dr P.A.Cornethof 3, NL-6669 AZ Dodewaard, The Netherlands.

3D2 - ROTUMA ISLAND Ron, ZL1AMO, could become active as 3D2RW/R for about one week starting November 8. QSL via homecall.

KH0 - NORTH MARIANAS KH0/JA4DND (QSL via JA4DND), KH0/JA1HGY (via JA1HGY), W1BRK/KH0 (via JA1BRK), WH2Q/WH0 (via JI1DLZ), KH0/JA1HYF (via JA1HYF) and KH0/JR1MLU (via JR1MLU) are QRV from Saipan (IOTA OC-086) between October 31 and November 3.

KH5K - KINGMAN REEF Unfortunately Chuck, N4BQW, did not hit the airwaves from Kingman. He returns home from Christmas Island/T32.

AFRICA

9J - ZAMBIA Ely, IN3VZE, is active from Lusaka as 9J2CE until November 10. QSL via buro to IN3VZE or direct to Ely Camin, Corso 3 Novembre 136/21, I-38100 Trento TN, Italy.

EL - LIBERIA EL/K3KN is now EL2JR. QSL via KB3U.

TZ - MALI Baldur was active as TZ6SI (mostly in CW) from October 23-29. QSL via DJ6SI.

ZD8 - ASCENSION ISLAND Paul, KF4OX, starts a new job on the island around October 29. His call is ZD8V. QSL via KF4OOX or to Paul Hutley, CSR 6310 Ascension, Box 4915, Patrick AFB, FI 32925, USA or to his dad Vater, Paul L Hutley, 298 Logan Ave, Sharon, PA 16146, USA. - Besides from Paul there is also Dave, AC4IV, on the island who activates the bands as ZD8T in his spare time.

ZD9 - TRISTAN DA CUNHA Ian, ZD9IL, activates 10/15/20m with his dipole nearly daily. His QSL manager ZS5BBO hopes that they find a sponsor for a new beam. Edwin gets the paper logs by ship three to four times a year. QSL via ZS5BBO, Edwin Musto, Box 211032, Bluff, 4036, South Africa.

AMERICA

C6 - BAHAMAS Lluis, EA3ELM, and Jon, EA2KL, are active as C6AHN in CW and SSB from Abaco Island (IOTA NA-080) from November 1-18. QSL via EA3ELM.

CP - BOLIVIA CP6AA by OH0XX was cancelled on short notice because of heavy storm damages.

FM - MARTINIQUE Ralph, K2PF, and Steve, KU9C, were QRV as FM/K2PF in the WWDX SSB. They are still active even on WARC, RS12 and in RTTY. QSL via K2PF.

HR - HONDURAS Rod, N6CLI, will activate 15/17/20m during the first three weeks in November. QSL via N6LCI.

ASIA

AP - PAKISTAN Tariq, AP2TJ, writes that the prefix AP was abused in CW by several pirates. The last one was AP2ZP on 21007 kHz. Genuine CW stations are only Hasnat, AP2HA, Yunus, AP2MY, and Shadid, AP2SD (QRT in the moment) and Nasir, AP2NK, and Tariq, AP2TJ (both active only from time to time). Still no licenses will be issued to foreigners in Pakistan!

EY - TADZHIKISTAN Karl, EY8/K4YT, is in Dushanbe for the last time between October 31 and November 5. QSL via W2TK (see DXNL 1043).

HS - THAILAND Masu, AJ3M/JE2UFU, will stay in Bangkok from Oct 27 till Nov 14. He hopes to become active as E22AAA. QSL possibly via HS1CHB.

VU - INDIA Yannick, F6FYD/VU, is waiting for Jim, VK9NS/VU2JBS to visit him for several weeks. Besides of the VU2JBS activity from New Delhi they try to obtain licenses for the Laccadives and Andamans.

V8/9M8 - BRUNEI/EAST MALAYSIA The correct calls are: V85TG, 9M8TG and 9M8YY (DXNL 1067). QSL via JH3GAH, Taiei Gotoh, 154 Koyasan Wakayama-pref. 648-0211, Japan.

CONTESTS

WAE DX CONTEST RTTY: Nov 8, 0000 UTC till Nov 9, 2400 UTC. Bands: 10-80m. Exchange: RST+QSO number. QTCs from DX to EU with (10 QTCs per station).

Preview

DATE           CALL          DXNL

Nov 4 -Nov 8   3D2XU         1069 *
Nov 8 -Nov 15  3D2RW/R ?     1069 *
now            3W5MNB etc    1068
now            4S7ZNG        1068
Oct 27-Nov 21  4U1ITU        1067
Nov 25-Dec 4   5A1A          1057
Nov 21-Dec 2   AG9A/6Y5 etc  1068
Oct 30-Nov 10  8Q7AJ         1067
End of 97      9G1AA         1050
???   -Nov 10  9J2CE         1069 *
Feb 14-Feb 24  9M0C          1057
Oct 20-Nov 16  9M6CT         1063
      -Dec 97  9U2L ???      1068

Dec 17-Dec 21  A43XXV        1065
Nov 1 -Nov 18  C6AHN         1069 *
Oct 24-Nov 2   CY0DX         1066
Oct 17-Nov 8   DU3/AH8E      1066
???   -Nov 7   EL2JR         1066
Nov   -Dec     EP   (SP5INQ) 1052
Oct 31-Nov 5   EY8/K4YT      1069 *
Oct 24-Oct 31  FJ/F6BUM      1068
now            FM/K2PF       1069 *
Oct 5 -???     FT5?/FR5HR    1066
Sep 8 -Nov     FW5XX         1061
Oct 31-Nov 8   HB0/HA5RT etc 1068
Sep 25-Oct     HK0  (HK3JJH) 1062
Nov            HR   (N6CLI)  1069 *
Oct 27-Nov 14  HS   (JE2UFU) 1069 *

Oct 22-Nov 3   J3   (DL5MAE) 1067
Oct 30-Nov 17  J3   (DL8LAS) 1067
End of Oct     J37K          1063
Oct 10-Apr 98  JX3EX         1066
Oct 23-Oct 29  KG4QD etc     1067
Oct 31-Nov 3   KH0  (JA?s)   1069 *
now            W5RXP/KH3     1068

Oct 25-Nov 1   P4/NE8Z       1067
Soon           S21ZA         1065
Oct 21-Nov 4   S92FC etc     1066
Oct 17-???     KE8RO/TF      1068
Oct 26-Nov 10  TF/OZ5IPA     1067
Oct 23-Oct 29  TZ6SI         1069 *
Nov 16-Dec 1   V47CA         1059
End of Oct     V8EA          1063
Oct 25-Oct 31  VK0ANARE      1068
      -Nov     VQ9AI         1065
Oct   -Nov     WP2Z etc      1066
Oct 29-???     ZD8V          1069 *
End of Oct     ZF2AH         1066

"NEW": 1069 *

Bandspots of the last 7 days

160m
   7X2RO      1830  0028 via OM3CGN, bureau
   9M2AX      1830  2228
   FP/N8CC    1825  2141 via K8AQM
   DL7DF/HR3  1827  0356 via DL7DF, bureau
   KH6AT      1834  0638 via N6CFM
   OY9JD      1822  2313
   V26E       1831  0520 via AB2E

80m
   FM/K2PF    3796  0615 via K2PF, bureau
   FP/N8CC    3505  0222 via NU8Z
   FS5PL      3727  0246 via N0JT
   VP5T       3792  0459 via N2VW, bureau
   YB2PBX     3798  2113
   ZL7AA      3795  1601 via ZL2AL, bureau
   ZX0F       3690  2231 via PY5EG, bureau

40m
   CY0DX      7011  0838 via VA3EU
   FG/KI6FE   7057  0531
   FP5BZ      7075  0152 via F5TPJ
   HH2PK      7054  0524
   DL7DF/HR3  7010  0746 via DL7DF, bureau
   V26B       7070  2219 via WT3Q
   VP9ID      7068  0948 via K1EFI

30m
   CY0DX     10121  2314 via VA3EU
   DS5USH    10102  1650 bureau or CBA 97
   FJ/F6BUM  10102  0053
   FP/KG8GO  10115  0102 via K8AQM
   J3/DL5MAE 10002  2327
   V26AK     10111  2119 via WB2P, bureau
   TZ6SI     10103  1935 via DJ6SI

20m
   N4BQW/KH5 14195  1707 via WA4FFW
   V26E      14039  0721 via AB2E
   V31MX     14142  2052 via K0BCN
   VK0TS     14222  0621 via VK1AUS, direct

17m
   KH0A      18079  1105 via JF1MIA
   V73C      18124  0852 via AC4G, bureau
   VK9NL     18075  1052 Box 90, 2899 Norfolk Island, Australia

15m
   3D2DI     21266  0755 Bill, Box 184, Suva, Fiji
   4U1WRC    21014  1104 via 4U1ITU, bureau
   5N37CPR   21017  1256 via SP5CPR, bureau
   9M8R      21220  1114 via W7EJ, direct
   ZD9IL     21292  0853 via ZS5BBO

12m
   A92GD     24945  1220 via K1SE
   CO2OR     24896  1602 via bureau
   FJ/F6BUM  24894  1157
   FM/K2PF   24950  1245
   K9AW/KH2  24898  0836 via WF5T, also bureau
   TZ6SI     24902  1439 via DJ6SI
   V26AK     24897  1443 via WB2P, bureau
   VP5/W2OF  24905  1332 via K2SB, bureau
   ZD9BV     24908  1010 via W4FRU
   ZL7AA     24945  0714 via ZL2AL, bureau

10m
   A92FZ     28498  0749 via W3HC, direct
   CW5R      28495  1327 via CX2ABC
   FM/K2PF   28425  1724 via K2PF
   J28MD     28487  0803 via CBA
   KG4QD     28407  1930 via K4QD, bureau
   P3A       28528  0931 via W3HNK
   V51BG     28528  0936 via bureau
   V85HG     28472  0846 via CBA
   VK4MR     28482  0710 via bureau or CBA

INFO

QSL Routes

4S7ZNG and 4S7YLR (DK1ZN and DL9GCP) NOT via DARC bureau anymore but to: Hubert and Nanda Lorenz, 570 Nindahena, Gothatuwa, Sri Lanka.
4X6TT Amir, has NO interest in QSL cards. Therefore Art,N2AU, handles now the QSLs for him. Older QSOs as 4X2T and Pacific QSOs if possible direct to N2AU, CBA ok since 1970, future QSOs also via bureau.
9A2AJ ok via bureau, direct ONLY: Tomislav Polak, PP 34551 Lipik, Croatia Old mail will NOT be forwarded to him. (tnx GO List)
AP2JZB in CW is a PIRATE.
TM5B via F6CQU, except of May 3, 97: via F5FOD. The callsign authority issued the same special call twice...

The CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest with its long band openings also on the higher bands made a lot of DX stations activating the bands. Here is an excerpt from The DAILY DX with QSL routes for the WWDX SSB 1997:

CALL       QSL VIA - CALL      QSL VIA

3B8/CX4CR  CX3AN   - 3DA5A     JH7FQK
4U1WRC     bureau  - 5X1Z      SM7PKK
6V1C       6W1QV   - 8P9Z      K4BAI
9H3YG      DF4RD   - 9K2HN     bureau
9M8R       W7EJ    - 9M8TG     JH3GAH
A47RS      A47RS   - C6AJT     W4CJK
CI9DH      bureau  - CT3BX     HB9CRV
CW1D       CX1AK   - CY0DX     VA3EU
V8EA       JH7FQK  - EA8ZS     EA8ZS
EL/K3KN    KB3U    - EM1HO     I2PJA
FG5BG      JF2DQJ  - FK8GM     WB2RAJ
FO8DX      KG6AR   - FP/KG8CO  K8AQM
FS5PL      N0JT    - FW5XX     ON4QM
HB0/HB9AON DJ2YE   - HC8N      AA5BT
IC8JAH     IC8SDL  - IH9/OL5Y  OK1FUA
II9ZZ      IT9PKO  - J3A       WA8LOW
JW5NM      LA5NM   - JX3EX     LA3EX
JY8XY      W9XY    - KG4QD     K4QD
KH6/N0KE   N0KE    - KH6/W8QZA W8QZA
KH0A       JF1MIA  - LW8EXF    LW8EXF
NH2C       JI3ERV  - NH7A      N2AU
NP3D       W3HNK   - OF0TA     OH2TA
P29AS      K6VNX   - P3A       W3HNK
P40E       W3HNK   - P40W      N2MM
PJ9/W9QQ   W9QQ    - PJ9B      K2SB
S97A       CT1EAT  - SV8CS     SV8CS
T70A       T70A    - TF/OZ5IPA OZ5AAH
TK5NN      TK5NN   - V26B      WT3Q
V31DX      N2AU    - V31MX     K0BCN
V47KP      K2SB    - V47NS     W9NY
VP5T       N2VW    - VP9ID     K1EFI
WP2Z       KU9C    - XF3/EA3BT EA3BT
YM3SV      TA3YJ   - Z2/DF3XZ  DF3XZ
Z38G       OH3GZ   - ZD8Z      VE3HO
ZF2AH      W6VNR   - ZF2VR     WB8WCU
ZM7A       ZL2AL   - ZS9F      KK3S
EA8BH automatically- VE2QRZ (Zone 2) via WB2K

QSLs arrived via buro: 3C5A (N6ZZ), 5H3ES (DF9SU), 5X4DEL (WB3DNA), A41LD, 8Q7CR (DF5JR), 8Q7YV (HB9CYV), 9G5CW (DL2RUM), D2EV (DL3KBQ), CE5BPE, CP8XA (DB9NB), FR/DL1VJ, FY/DJ0PJ, FY5YE (W5SVZ), DF5JT/HK0

QSLs arrived directly: BV9AYA (BV2KI)

TNX for information to 425 DXNEWS, ARRL DX News, OPDX, DE1JSH, DF1ZN,DF6EX, DJ3CP, DJ8CR, DK2JX, DK6YY, DL1SBF, DL7PR, DL8AAM, DX PRESS, F6AXP, GOList, IK7AFM, JAPAN DX News, JH3GAH, Les Nouvelles DX, DL7VOA, QRZ DX,QSL ROUTES, The DAILY DX, VK2SG RTTY DX Notes and others.