DX Newsletter 1092
April 20, 1998


DX-NL 1092 - April 20, 1998
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 Tada, JA1WPX, will be QRV as 3D2WP from OC-121 from April 24-28 and as 3D2WP/p from OC-016 on May 5/6. QSL via JA1WPX. - Hide, JM1LJS, and JE1OYE will be on the air as 3D2LJ and 3D2TS from April 30 until May 7. They plan to operate as 3D2../p from OC-156 from May 1-3. QSLs for both via JM1LJS. - After their activity from Tuvalu JA1JQY, JA1KJW, JA3MCA and JA8VE will be QRV from Malolo Lai Lai (OC-121) signing 3D2SH/p, 3D2HI/p, 3D2TK/p and 3D2KZ/p until May 3. QSLs via homecalls.

H40 - TEMOTU ISLANDS H40AA finished with more than 65.000 QSOs on April 12. If you like to make a donation to improve the living conditions of the Temotu inhabitants you can do this via W6OSP, Mr. Bruce Butler, 4220 Chardonnay Ct, Napa, CA 94558, USA until May 10. All donors will receive a special QSL with special stamps from Lata/Temotu already in May. All other cards are managed via the bureau by OH2BN.

H44 - SOLOMON ISLANDS On his way back from Temotu James, 9V1YC, was active as H44YC from the Solomons. QSL via AA5BT.

KH4 - MIDWAY ISLAND Hans, N9KX/KH4, was QRV with an IC706 and a R7000 from April 14-22. QSL via bureau to his homecall DK9KX or to Hans Walter Hannapel, Eschenbruchstr 1, D-51069 Koeln, Germany.

KH6 - HAWAII Jim, K9PPY/KH6, was announced to be QRV from Maui from April 16-20, from Hawaii Apr 21-23 and from Kauai from Apr 24-26. QSL via K9PPY.

T2 - TUVALU JA1JQY, JA1KJW,JA3MCA and JA8VE will be on the air as T22JY, T22KJ, T22KT and T22VE in CW and SSB from OC-015 between Apr 25 and May 1. QSLs via homecalls.

T8 - PALAU Mamoru, 7N1RTO (ex JG2EBN), should become active as T88BE since he is on a business trip on Palau. QSL via bureau to 7N1RTO or via Mamoru Endo, 102-82-2 Kizuki-Omachi, Kawasaki, 211-0031 Japan.

YJ - VANUATU Tada, JA1WPX, will be active as YJ0AWP in CW/SSB/RTTY on 10-80m between April 28 and May 5. QSL via JA1WPX.


AFRICA

3V - TUNISIA Manuela, DF7QK, will be QRV from 3V8BB from Apr 27-29. QSL via buro to DF7QK or M. Kanitz, Duelmener Str 18a, D-48163 Muenster, Germany.

FT - CROZET, KERGUELEN, AMSTERDAM ISLANDS The Lyon DX Gang wrote a letter to the ARRL stating that FR5HR claims to be active from another than his actual QTH. Furthermore he seems to have no valid license for the islands. - The LDXG is planning a large scale operation from Amsterdam Island signing FT5ZH between Nov 27 and Dec 23. Any donations are welcome via F5PXT, Eric Blanchard, 2 Rue Bichart, Bat 32, F-69002 Lyon,France.

TJ - CAMEROON John, TT8JFC, will be in Cameroon for two months starting in May. He applied for a license since these trips will be repeated.


AMERICA

VP8 - FALKLAND ISLANDS Carl, VP8/G4VFU, is active from SA-002 especially on 1843 MHz from 0100-0500 UTC for the next two weeks.


ASIA

8Q - MALDIVES Pierre, 8Q7QQ, is QRV on 6/10/12/17m between April 18 and May 2. QSL via bureau to his homecall HB9QQ.

XU - CAMBODIA HL2AQN, HL3APP, HL2ACI and HL1OXR of the Korean Telecom Radio Club are QRV in CW and SSB on 10/15/20m signing XU0MTM from April 22-24. QSL via HL2AQN.


EUROPE

HV - VATICAN CITY The special event station HV5PUL is QRV mostly on 20m from the Pontificia Universita Lateranense in Vatican City on April 23 from 0600-1800Z. Check the university's homepage at http://www.pul.it

ZB2 - GIBRALTAR Martyn, G3RFX, is QRV as ZB2FX especially on 12m until May 8. QSL via G3RFX.


Preview

DATE           CALL            DXNL

Apr 25-Apr 27  3A/IKQBT etc    1089
May 6 -May 17  3B7RF           1090
April -        3B8,3B9 (F5MUX) 1088
May            3D2FT/R         1088
Apr 30-May 7   3D2LJ, 3D2TS    1092 *
May 1 -May 3   3D2SH/p etc     1092 *
Apr 24-Apr 28  3D2WP           1092 *
Apr 18-May 2   8Q7QQ           1092 *
Apr 27-Apr 29  3V8BB           1092 *
Early 1999     3Y   (SSIDXG)   1091
Mar 3 May     4S7BRG          1084
soon           5N   (ex TT8AM) 1088
Feb 5 -        5R8FU           1090
Apr   -1999    5V7BM           1089
Apr   -Oct     7X0WW ??        1089
Apr 22-May 5   8P9IU, 8P9IR    1091
      -Dec 31  9J2AM           1084
Mar 29-May 7   9M6CT           1087
Apr 10-May 22  9M8CC           1089

Apr 18-Apr 28? A35FT           1088
Apr   -May     A35VI           1089
Apr 22-May 13  EA8/DK7ZH       1091
      -Jul     FG/F2HE         1091
Apr 1 2000    FK   (F5PFO)    1089
Apr 13-Apr 28  FO0FI, FO0FR    1091
Apr 1 -        FR   (F5MUX)    1088
Apr 17-Apr 27  FT5Z (FR5HR)    1091, 1092 *
Nov 27-Dec 23  FT5ZH           1092
1999/2000      HK0 Malpelo     1091
April          HR5/F2JD        1089
Apr 23-        HV5PUL          1092 *
Apr 14-Apr 22  N9KX/KH4        1092 *
Apr 16-Apr 26  K9PPY/KH6       1092 *
Summer 1998    S04WW           1089
Apr   -Sep     ST0AP           1090
Apr 25-May 1   T22JY etc       1092 *
now            T88BE           1092 *
May   -Jun     TJ   (TT8JFC)   1092 *
Apr 25-Apr 30  VK9LZ           1091
now            VP8/G4VFU       1092 *
Feb   -Apr     VQ9PH, VQ9JC    1084
now            VQ9KK, VQ9ZZ    1091
Apr or May     XQ0X            1089
Apr 22-Apr 24  XU3MTM ?        1092 *
      -June    XV7SV           1085
Apr   -mid May XV7SW           1089
Apr 28-May 5   YJ0AWP          1092 *
Now   -May 8   ZB2FX           1092 *
Apr   -        ZK3FT           1088
Jan 9 -Jan 25  ZL9CI           1081

"NEW": 1092 *


Bandspots of the last 7 days

160m
   JY9QJ     1825  0300Z via DL5MBY, bureau

80m
   6W/F6ERB  3503  2305Z
   CO6LP     3504  0346Z via CT1ESO
   HL5FUA    3795  1908Z via HL1XP, bureau
   VK4BER    3799  1904Z
   VP8/G4VFU 3800  0116Z

40m
   DU6LN     7054  2130Z
   FO0FI     7005  1640Z via K6SLO
   FO0MIZ    7004  0649Z via VE3HO
   HJ4URR    7050  0521Z
   NL7Z      7009  0507Z
   V31HE     7002  0632Z via DL1DA, bureau
   VQ9ZZ     7005  1453Z via NS1L
   XE1OBD    7047  0533Z
   YJ0ADJ    7011  1838Z via DJ2EH, bureau

30m
   DS5USH   10102  1905Z via bureau
   FO0FI    10104  1702Z via K6SLO
   H40AB    10103  1920Z via VK9NS, direct
   H44XX    10101  1602Z via JA5DQH, direct
   HP1XBI   10109  0540Z via F6AJA, bureau
   HF0POL   10123  2103Z via SP3BGD, bureau
   V31HE    10103  0132Z via DL1DA bureau
   YK1AH    10109  1923Z via Box 9597, Damaskus, Syria

20m
   3W5FM    14009  1527Z via UA0FM
   FO0FI    14200  0729Z via K6SLO
   FO0MIZ   14195  0706Z via VE3HO, bureau
   FO5QG    14129  0852Z Marquesas, via FO5QB
   T32BI    14238  0626Z via KH6DFW
   V29TT    14203  0713Z via N2AU, also bureau

17m
   A35FT    18150  0841Z via DL7FT, direct ONLY
   JW5HE    18140  1135Z via OZ8RO, CBA
   N9KX/KH4 18130  0833Z via DK9KX, bureau
   OX3RO    18137  1519Z via Box 1416, Nuuk 3900, Greenland
   P49M     18140  1554Z via VE3MR, bureau
   V63AO    18135  1107Z see below
   VP9LR    18146  1852Z via K1EFI, bureau
   ZK2CK    18073  0752Z via HB9BCK, bureau

15m
   9M8CC    21181  1404Z via PB0ALB
   FO0FI    21026  1840Z via K6SLO
   FR5ZQ/T  21190  1626Z Tromelin, CBA
   H40AB    21252  0915Z via VK9NS, direct
   H44YC    21026  0855Z via AA5BT, bureau
   JX7DFA   21195  1737Z via LA7DFA, CBA
   ZK2CK    21005  0902Z via HB9BCK, bureau

12m
   3W7TK    24902  1245Z via OK1HWB
   5X1P     24899  1003Z via G3MRC
   8Q7QQ    24900  1139Z via HB9QQ, bureau
   AP2N     24965  0952Z via AP2MMN, CBA
   H40AB    24970  1324Z via VK9NS, direct
   YB9CCB   24960  1300Z via bureau

10m
   AP2JZB   28491  1421Z CBA
   FO0FI    28495  2033Z via K6SLO
   FR5ZQ/T  28498  0855Z CBA
   HF0POL   28023  1248Z via SP3BGD, bureau
   HL5CL    28011  1015Z via Box 322, Pusan 600, South Korea
   VQ9ZZ    28446  1332Z via NS1L
   XV7SW    28019  0840Z via SM5MX, bureau
   YJ0ADJ   28016  0824Z via DJ2EH, bureau
   ZD8T     28488  1824Z via AC4IV


INFO

QSL Routes

Manfred Meier, DF6EX (e-mail: DF6EX@tir.baynet.de), is the author of the WINDOWS QSL MANAGER. I use this to check the QSL moral of the spotted DX stations. A freeware version with 5000 up-to-date QSL routes can be down-loaded from: http://www.qrz.com/df6ex/.

QSLs arrived via bureau: 4F3FVA, 6W1AE (F5THR), JY8XA (K2XA), BV4JB, V31MP (W5ZPA), JT1FBW (G3YBO), YC9BU (YB5NOF), JD1BIY (Aug 97) Minami-Torishima

QSLs arrived directly: 9K2HR

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