DX-NL 1106 - July 27, 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: robster@bigfoot.de)
KH4 - MIDWAY ISLAND Ted, KH4/NH6YK, is QRV again from OC-030 between Jul 30 and Aug 12. He intends to put his emphasis on 6-20m SSB ooperation during his spare time. Ron, AH4/WA6FGV, and Frans, WH4/K6SHJ, will be QRV on 10/15/20/40m in CW and SSB from Aug 3-6. All QSLs via homecalls.
T8 - BELAU T88LJ is QRV until Aug 2. QSL via JM1LJS.
TT - CHAD Jim,WA4KKY, is QRV again (possibly the last time) from Chad signing TT8JWM mostly in SSB or RTTY on 15/17/20m until August 7 or 8. QSL via W4 bureau or direct to N4RXL.
TU - COTE D'IVOIRE Ken, TU/K4ZW, intends to activate a clubstation in Abidjan between July 25 and August 9. QSL via K4ZW.
CARIBBEAN TOUR via FM - MARTINIQUE, FG - GUADELOUPE Carlo, FM/I4ALU, will be active from NA-107 in CW only on 10-80m from Aug 6-17. Afterwards he intends to activate FG/I4ALU from Aug 19-27. QSL via bureau or direct to I4ALU.
KL7 - ALASKA KL7/ON4BAM is QRV on 17m and 20m between July 24 and August 9.
V2 - ANTIGUA Darell, AB2E, will be on the air as V26E during the WAE CW Contest. He will operate also on 160m and WARC outside the contest periods.. QSL via AB2E, direct or via bureau.
VP2E - ANGUILLA VP2ECR was announced to be activated by CX4CR on 40m and 80m from Aug 3-10. QSL via CX3CE, Box 244, Montevideo, Uruguay.
ZP - PARAGUAY Until September ZP5MAL is QRV on 160m daily from 0300-0500 UTC and during the weekends also around 1000-1130 UTC. QSL via bureau.
9K - KUWAIT From Aug 1-3 the clubstation 9K7POW will be activated to remember their prisoners of war (POWs) still being held by the Iraqi regime. QSL via bureau ONLY.
9M6 - EASTERN MALAYSIA Uwe,DJ9HX, will stay in Sabah from Aug 6-29. He plans to head for Layang Layang (Spratly Islands) from Aug 11-19 and also to operate from Sipadan Island (OC-133) from Aug 20-25. Operation will take place on 10 to 40m with emphasis put on 10 and 12m. QSL via BUREAU to DJ9HX.
HL - SOUTH KOREA Celebrating 50 years of Korean government after World War II all South Korean stations are allowed to use the prefix HL50 and DS50 during August. It is also possible to append the area code: e.g. DS1ABC may sign DS50ABC/1.
UA0 - ASIATIC RUSSIA RU0C had to be postponed since there is no transportation possibility for the next two weeks.
OJ0 - MARKET REEF OJ0AU hit the airwaves on July 21 and went QRT on July 27 at 1600Z. QSL via DL6LAU.
SV - GREECE Kiki, SV1BRL/8, is staying on Kefalonia (EU-052) and is QRV in SSB on 40/80m, WARC bands, 6 and 2m. During the IOTA Contest she signed J48KEF. All QSLs via SV1BRL.
SV9 - CRETE SV9/I4UFH and SV9/IK2QEI will operate from the station of SV9ANJ on 6-160m from Aug 3-17. QSL direct or via buro to their homecalls.
TK - CORSICA Robert, TK/S53R, is on the air since July 27 until August 2. Usually he confirms all QSOs via the bureau automatically.
WAE DX CONTEST CW: Aug 8, 0000 UTC till Aug 9, 2400 UTC. Bands: 10-80m. Exchange: RST and QSO number. QTCs are sent from DX to Europe. Further contest information at: http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/fedcw.htm.
The IOTA Contest of last weekend was dominated by busy bands and more than 140 different IOTA islands. Bill, NG3K (wfeidt@cpcug.org), put a list of all anounced stations at: http://www.cpcug.org/user/wfeidt/Misc/iota98.html Another list was posted in packet radio by SV1NA.
DATE CALL DXNL Jul 25-Aug 3 1A0KM 1105 Early 1999 3Y (SSIDXG) 1091 Jul 21-Aug 5 5B4/G3VMW etc 1104 -Jul 99 5V7FA 1104 -2001 5W1SA 1104 June -Aug 5X1DK 1101 July -Aug 6M5DX etc 1105 Aug 27-Sep 8 6Y5/PA3ERC etc 1105 Aug 1 -Aug 3 9K7POW 1106 * Aug 6 -Aug 29 9M6 (DJ9HX) 1106 * Jul 10-Dec 5 9N1UD 1103 Aug 7 -Aug 22 A22/W0YG 1102, 1103 Early 1999 A5 (JH1AJT) 1095 Jul 24-Aug 12 BV/DJ3KR 1105 Jul 10-Aug 2 C6AFP 1103 Jul 1 -Aug 31 CE3/SM3SGP etc 1102 Aug 19-Aug 27 FG/I4ALU 1106 * Aug 6 -Aug 17 FM/I4ALU 1106 * Jul 24-Aug 13 FO5JR 1105 -Jan 99 FO5QE 1098 End of 1998 FR5ZU/T 1095, 1101 -Aug 15 FT5XN 1102 Nov 27-Dec 23 FT5ZH 1092 Apr 13- FT5ZI 1098 Jul 24-Aug 2 HB0/DL0HUN 1104 End of 1999 HK0 (Malpelo) 1091 Jul 14-Aug 11 HS0ZBS 1104 Summer 1998 HZ1AB (G7SLP) 1100 Jul 30-Aug 12 KH4/NH6YK 1106 * Jul 24-Aug 9 KL7/ON4BAM 1106 * 2 weeks in Aug OX3LG 1100 POSTPONED RU0C 1104, 1106 * -Oct 98 SV1BRL/8 1106 * Jul 23-Aug 4 SV5/G4OBK 1105 Aug 3 -Aug 17 SV9/I4UFH 1106 * Jul 26-Aug 6 T20YK 1105 now T32Z 1105 -Aug 2 T88LJ 1106 * Jul 27-Aug 2 TK/S53R 1106 * now -End 98 TL5A 1102 -Aug 7/8 TT8JWM 1106 * Jul 25-Aug 9 TU/K4ZW 1106 * Jul 9 -Aug TY1IJ 1104 August 1998 TZ6VV etc 1105 End of July V26AG 1104 Jul 6 -Aug 11 V26E 1106 * Jul 15-1999 V5/SM7DZZ 1104 soon V63PD 1098 June -Dec VK9WG 1102 Aug 3 -Aug 10 VP2ECR 1106 * -Aug 6 Z21/W0YG 1102, 1103 Sep 8 -Sep 20 ZF2RC, ZF2WP 1105 Jan 9 -Jan 25 ZL9CI 1104 "NEW": 1106 *
160m OJ0AU 1824 2111Z via DL6LAU, bureau PY5CC 1833 2235Z via JA1VOK, bureau 80m 1A0KM 3793 2112Z via IK0FVC YB2PBX 3799 2106Z direct ONLY 40m 5H3DD 7013 0250Z via W0RA, bureau 9M2TO 7010 2046Z via bureau 9Y4VU 7005 0413Z via W3EVW, bureau EM1LV 7042 2104Z via UR8LV, bureau FK8HC 7074 0558Z via VK4FW, direct FP5KE 7084 0033Z via F5TJP P43E 7058 0601Z via P43AR TF3IRA 7082 2304Z via TF3GB V26VG 7078 0635Z via GM3UTQ, bureau VU2AVG 7009 0115Z via VU2APR, also bureau 30m 9J2BO 10109 1846Z via W6ORD, direct HH2/N2APL 10108 0150Z via Box 797, Port au Prince, Haiti HK0ER 10103 0225Z via Box 934, Isla de San Andres, Colombia JY9QJ 10111 1956Z via DL5MBY, bureau TF7/DL3KUD 10109 2033Z via bureau TY1IJ 10104 0619Z via DK8ZD, bureau YK1AH 10107 2111Z via Box 9597, Damascus, Syria Z21/W0YG 10106 1805Z via W0YG, bureau 20m FK8HC 14202 2052Z via VK4FW, direct FO5BI 14019 0503Z via bureau FP5KE 14171 2359Z via F5TJP ZF1PM 14154 2211Z ZK1JD 14193 0621Z via Box 491, Rarotonga, Cook Islands 17m 3D2QB 18074 1428Z via SM3CER, bureau 6K0ZS 18086 1216Z via DS5WKW, bureau 9N1FP 18085 1700Z via RU6FP 9V8OK 18081 1608Z EP3HP 18155 1637Z via I2MQP, bureau HC1MD/HC4 18070 1455Z via K8LJG, bureau JT1JA 18079 0857Z via VK4MZ JW7QIA 18120 1031Z via bureau TY1IJ 18137 1511Z via DK8ZD, bureau V63AO 18140 1343Z via Box 607, Kosrae 96944, Micronesia VQ9VK 18092 1353Z via N1TO 15m 6M0HZ 21032 0947Z via HL1IWD, bureau 9M2PS 21190 1757Z via HB9AAP BO0K 21253 0938Z via BV2KI, bureau EM1LV 21240 1751Z via UR8LV, bureau EP2MKO 21002 1810Z via UA6HCW, CBA FR5HR 21254 1007Z via F5RRH, bureau JD1BIY 21315 0858Z via bureau P29VR 21229 1347Z via W7LFA V51AE 21325 0956Z 12m 5X1T 24959 1347Z via ON5NT, bureau BV3/DJ3KR 24893 0754Z via DARC HF0POL 24895 1445Z via SP3BGD, bureau HP3XUG 24899 2111Z via KG6UH, bureau T88LJ 24903 0830Z via JM1LJS Z21/W0YG 24895 1336Z via W0YG, bureau 10m 1A0KM 28500 1544Z via IK0FVC 5N3BHF 28450 1824Z via OE6LAG, bureau 7Q7RM 28002 1529Z via G0IAS, direct FM5GU 28495 1538Z via WA4JTK, bureau TL5A 28495 1641Z via PA3DMH, bureau V51ER 28480 1359Z via Box 602, Tsumeb, Namibia
Internet logcheck for 1A0KM is available at: http://ns1.qsl.net/ik0hbn/ and TL5A, D25L, 9Q2L logchecks can be found at http://www.igr.nl/users/pa3dmh/.
PIRATE: Ron, LU2AH, states that the AY0Z operation from the Malvinas (Falkland Islands) was an Argentinian counterpart to our April fool hoaxes. The alleged QSL manager Carlos Sal Menem, LU1SM, is the President of Argentina!
The postal rates in Indonesia increased dramatically. Now an airmail letter costs 2 IRCs or 2 US $.
QSLs arrived buro: 3A/ON6NN (ON5FP), 3XA8DX (DJ9ZB), 5A28 (OE2GRP), 7X4AN, 8Q7PV (RU3FM), D2M (OH3LQK),EA8CN,EA9/DL6RAI, FR/F6EZX, FR/IK2RXV, GJ0MEU (ON4ON), HL0Y/3, OI0MEP, OY/DL3QQ/p, KL7AK, J6/PA3ERC + J6/PA3EWP (PA3ERC), T9/F5GLS, TU2CI, TU2XP, YB3OSE (WT7TSQ), YI1WMS (IK2DUW)
QSLs arrived direct: 8P9IV, CO8ZZ (HI3JH), J28MD (DL2RDP), YS1X (OH2BU), J28MD (DL2RDP), P29CC, YS1X (OH2BU)
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