DX Newsletter 1114
September 21, 1998


DX-NL 1114 - September 21, 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)


PACIFIC

KH8 - AMERICAN SAMOA Bill, W4WX, will join Don, N5OLS, in Pago Pago OC045 for the CQ WW RTTY DX-Contest. A few days before the contest he might be active as W4WX/KH8. QSL via W4WX.


AFRICA

3V - TUNISIA Albert, F2KN, will again be using 3V8BB from late Sep until Oct 15th. QSL ONLY for HIS QSOs via F6FNU, only direct.

C9 - MOCAMBIQUE Sep 22nd - Oct 6th Rei, DL6DQW, will be on as C91RF in SSB and CW from Maputo on all bands. QSL via DL6DQW via bureau or to Dr. Reinhard Fendler, Waldteichstr 34, D-01468 Boxdorf, Germany.

TT - CHAD John, AB4ET, will be working in Mondou until Oct 2nd and will be active as TT8JW in his spare time. QSL via AB4ET. --- Jim, TT8JWM, (QSL via N4RXL) and John, TT8JFC, have left and will not return.

ZS - SOUTH AFRICA Larry, ZS1/F5PYI, will be QRV on all bands till Sep 30 during his spare time.


AMERICA

HC8 - GALAPAGOS W6OTC, K6AW, and N5KO will be active on SA004 as HC8N again Sep 25-27th for the CWWWRTTY DX-Contest. QSL via AA5BT.

P4 - ARUBA Eddie, G0AZT, along with Ray, WF1B, will participate as P40RY in the CW WW RTTY-Contest. QSL to PO Box 5194, Richmond, CA 94805, USA.

PY0S - ST PETER & ST PAUL ROCKS The DXpedition in 1999 by Natal DX Group (ndxg@qsl.net) is likely to be the last chance to work this DXCC entity for many years to come because the access to the island will be restricted. The total budget is about US$ 11.000: contributions from the DX community will be highly appreciated and can be sent to either WX5L Randy or PS7KM.

VE - CANADA Joe, WB8YTZ, will be active (10-80m SSB and RTTY, CW on request) Sep 24-28th and in the CQWW RTTY DX-Contest as VO2/WB8YTZ or VO2WL from Labrador (Zone 2). QSL via WB8YTZ.

VP8 - FALKLAND Carl, G4VFU, expects to be again on the air on 80 and 160m as VP8CJZ Sep 20-23rd from SA002. QSL NO longer via G0HXL but via operator's instruction. E-mail is: CTFW18@hotmail.com


ASIA

SOUTHEAST ASIA The operation by DK9HN and DL9YX announced in DXNL 1110 obviously could not be realised.

XV - VIET NAM Special station XV300S is celebrating the 300th anniversary of the city of Saigon through the end of 1998. QSL via K2WE.

YI - IRAQ Pierre, HB9AMO, recently visited the Radio Club of Baghdad (YI1RS) and met the President, Mr. Anan M. Aswad, YI1DX. There are some 30 licenced amateurs in Iraq, but they are permitted to operate only from the Radio Club in Baghdad, usually on Fridays around 12-1400Z. The Club has a small 3 band beam and a 40m dipole. WARC bands are permitted, but 80 and 160m are not allowed. They hope for a donation of two 6JS5C tubes for their Yaesu FT-101E club transceiver, the address is: Iraqi Association for Radio Amateurs, POBox 55027, Baghdad, Iraq.

EUROPE

JW - SVALBARD Carlos, LA9PJA, will be active again as JW9PJA from Longyearbyen EU026 Sep18-21st concentrating on RTTY, PACTOR and SSTV with some CW and SSB on 6-160m and RS-12. QSL via LA9PJA direct to Carlos Ferreira, Johan Bjerknes Vei 5 B, N-3039 Drammen or via bureau. Further information on this trip can be found at http://home.sol.no/~la9pja/jw98.htm

Z3 - MACEDONIA Z31GX, Z31GB, Z31JA, Z32PT, and Z32XX will partipipate in the CQ WW RTTY DX-Contest Sep26/27th as Z30M. QSL via NN6C.


CONTESTS

CQ WWDX RTTY Contest 26Sep0000Z - 27Sep2400Z, 10 to 80m, RTTY-Baudot, ASCII; AMTOR/FEC, ARQ; packet radio. No automatic traffic, no use of nodes or digipeaters. Exchange RST + CQ-Zone (DL= 14).


Preview

DATE             CALL            DXNL

Jan 1999         3B9(AH0Wetc)    1107
Sep22 - Sep24    3D2DX/p         1110
End of Sep-Oct15 3B8BB ( F2KN )  1114 *
End of Oct       3V8BB/4 ?       1112, 1113
Early 1999       3Y (SSIDXG)     1091
Aug - 2001       5H ( K8MN )     1107
now - 2001       5N0/OK1AUT      1009
now - Dec 98     5X2CW ?         1110
now - Dec 98     5Z ( ZL3CW )    1110
Aug03 -          7X0WW           1107
Early Oct -      9V1XE           1110
Aug - Sep        9X/G3PSM        1110

Sep 14-Sep 25    A2/ZS5UZ        1113 *
Oct 1 -Oct 19    A35SO etc       1112
Early 1999       A5   (JH1AJT)   1095
1998  -1999      A6   (F6ARU)    1112
Oct ?            BV9P            1110
Sep 11-Nov 10    D98WCX etc      1113 *
now   -Dec 98    E3 ?? (ZL3CW)   1110
Dec 1998         EK88L           1109
Sep 19-Sep 30    ET3AA           1112
Sep   -2000      FK8VHT          1111
Aug 11-2001      FM5JV           1108
End of 1998      FR5ZU/T         1095, 1101
Nov 27-Dec 23    FT5ZH           1092
Sep 10-Nov       FW5XX           1113 *
-2001            H44NC           1108
Sep25 - Sep27    HC8N            1114 *
End of 1999      HK0  (Malpelo)  1091
Sep 9 -Sep 26    J43DIG          1111
Sep18 - Sep21    JW9PJA          1114 *
1998/99          KH3/KH6HE       1113 *
Late Sep         W4WX/KH8        1114 *
Nov 22-Dec 2     N1V             1111, 1113 *
Late Sep         P40RY           1114 *
Sep   -          PT8ZCB          1111
-Oct 98          SV1BRL/8        1106
now   -End 98    TL5A            1102
-  Oct02         TT8JW           1114 *
now              TZ6DX           1110
Jul15- 1999      V5/SM7DZZ       1104
soon             V63PD           1098
Jun - Dec        VK9WG           1102
Sep24 - Sep28    VO2WL ?         1114 *
Sep20 - Sep23    VP8CJZ          1114 *
Sep              VQ9QM           1111
Sep 21-Oct 1     VR2/K8PYD etc   1113 *
Sep   -          VU3AGX          1112
- end of 1998    XV300S          1114 *
Sep 22-Oct 10    YI98BIF         1112
Late Sep         Z30M            1114 *
now              ZD9/ZS1B        1113 *
Jan 9 -Jan 25    ZL9CI           1104
-  30Sep         ZS1/F5PYI       1114 *

"NEW": 1113 *


Bandspots of the last 7 days

160m
   8Q7CC       1822  2229Z via JR2KDN, bureau
   A45ZN       1833  2155Z PB981, Muscat 113, Oman
   JY9QJ       1823  2028Z via DL5MBY, bureau
   S07WW       1830  1431Z via ON5NT, bureau
   TL5A        1833  0333Z via PA3DMH, bureau

80m
   3D2DX       3799  1804Z via EA4CP, bureau
   TI4CF       3770  0550Z via W3HNK, direct
   YB0DX       3798  1740Z
   ZF2RC/ZF9   3518  0519Z via PA3ERC, bureau


40m
   3D2DX       7045  0526Z via EA4CP, bureau
   A61AJ       7089  0155Z via W3UR
   C6AKQ       7028  0014Z via N4BP, direct
   FM5DN       7073  0543Z via KU9C, bureau
   HJ1RRL      7076  0515Z
   TZ6DX       7007  2011Z via K4DX
   V44KMC      7045  0403Z McKoy, PB505, Nevis
   YS1EJ       7059  0550Z also via bureau


30m
   8Q7CC      10105  2338Z via JR2KDN, bureau
   9J2BO      10103  0431Z via W6ORD, bureau?
   A2/ZS5UZ   10105  0430Z via W4DR, direct
   A35RK      10104  0543Z via W7TSQ, bureau
   BD4ED      10108  2134Z PB 085299, Shanghai
   HK0ER      10106  0233Z PB 934, SanAndres
   KH2D       10104  2032Z via K8NA
   OY2H       10106  1754Z via I0WDX, direct
   TG9GJG     10120  0434Z PB24, GuatemalaCity
   VK6HD      10107  2322Z via bureau
   YK1AH      10124  1708Z DXNL 1112
   ZF2WP/ZF9  10110  0245Z via PA3ERC, bureau

20m
   C21NI      14205  2023Z via CBA
   FK8GJ      14005  1250Z via F6CXJ, bureau
   FW5XX      14195  0922Z via ON4QN
   V63KU      14170  0805Z via JA6NL, bureau
   VK9NS      14222  0712Z direct, CBA


17m
   C6A/DL8OBF 18160  2104Z via bureau
   FK8VHF     18074  0930Z via F6AJA, bureau
   KL7AC      18126  0926Z
   VP9LR      18155  1956Z via K1EFI, bureau

15m
   NH0E       21294  1222Z
   OX3SA      21350  2117Z via bureau
   XQ0YAF     21005  1742Z PB4, Easter Island
   ZD8LJD     21250  1200Z Len, PB3, Ascension Island

12m
   3B8FG      24905  1037Z via CBA
   5T5WW      24940  0857Z via ON5NT, bureau
   A2/ZS5UZ   24905  1607Z via W4DR, direct
   EM1LV      24900  1825Z via UR8LV, bureau
   HC8N       24904  1841Z via AA5BT, bureau
   HF0POL     24893  1543Z via SP3BGD, bureau
   JT1BH      24900  0737Z via bureau
   PJ2AM      24900  1810Z PB3546, Curacao
   S07WW      24940  1001Z via ON5NT, bureau

10m
   9V8WW      28512  1505Z via 9V1WW, direct
   FM5FJ      28015  1559Z via KU9C, bureau
   HS1NGR     28505  1455Z PB 20 LS, 86110 Chumphon 86110, Thailand
   JT1BH      28015  0827Z via bureau
   JU60MTZ    28020  0915Z via JT1CJ
   YC9MKF     28470  1128Z PB 1021, Kupang 85000, Indonesia
   ZD8T       28477  1533Z via AC4IV
   ZF2RC/ZF9  28494  1348Z via PA3ERC, bureau


INFO

QSL Routes

QSLs arrived via buro: 3DA5A (JH7FQK), 3DA0CA (W4DR), 4F3CV (HB9CXZ),5X4AF, 5X4F (KB4EKY), 8R1K (OH0XX),AP2GH,AP50WAP (IK4ZGY), C56/G0SAH, GM4DKO/DU3 (GM4LRU), W4NXE/DU3, E21EJC, ES0I (ES7RE), FH/DJ1RL, FY5YE (W5SVZ),J52IM (KB9XN), JF1IST/7J, JW8XM (LA8XM), P49I (K4PI),V21PI (DL3PI), S92AF (HB9AFH), V26AK (WB2P), V26B (WT3Q),VP5/AB5YG, EA9AZ, V47KP (K2SB), ZP5KW

QSLs arrived directly: 9G1YR (G4XTA), C21JH (VK2GJH), CY0DX (VA3EU), KH6CC, N6MZ/KH9, XX9BB.


TNX for information to 425DXNEWS, 599 DXReport, ARRL DX News, DF1ZN, DF6EX, DK2JX, DL1GEH, DL1SBF, DL2BQV, DL4OCM, DL7PR, DL7MAE, DL7VOA, DL9GOA, OPDX, DXPRESS, F5JGM, F6AJA, FK8HC, GOList, Les Nouvelles DX, NS1L, ON6DP, PY1KS,