DX News Letter 1171 November 2, 1999

PACIFIC

5W - WESTERN SAMOA Steve, G4EDG (T31T), has a license as 5W0ST and is on OC-097 for one month. Since he has a key but no TRX with him he hopes to work from the station of Atsuo, 5W1SA, mostly in CW on the lowbands. QSL via G4EDG.

9M6 - EASTERN MALAYSIA; 1S - SPRATLY ISLANDS Bob, N2OO/9M6OO; Jani, YB0US/NM6US/9M6US; Mike, N6MZ; Tom, N4XP, and Paul, N4PN, are on a South East Asia trip: They'll be QRV as 9M6AAC (http://www.qsl.net/9m6aac/) from Hillview Gardens, Sabah (OC-088), (http://www.alfons.com), from Nov 7-11 and once again from Nov 25-29 including the CQWW DX CW Contest. ; From Nov 12-18 the will sign 9M6OO from Layang-Layang/Spratly (AS-051) and then V8??? from Brunei OC-088 from Nov 21-25. They plan to attend the SEANET Convention in Brunei from Nov 18-21. Their webpage http://www.qsl.net/n2oo/borneo/ is already online. Point of contact -including donations- is Bob, N2OO (e-mail: n2oo@arrl.net). QSL for 9M6AAC and 9M6OO via N2OO, Bob Schenck, Box 345, Tuckerton, NJ 08087-0345, USA.

FK - FRENCH NEW CALEDONIA Frank, FK8HC, was active on 10-40m from OC-032 until Oct 31. QSL via VK4FW, PO Box 929, Gimpie, 4570 QLD, Australia.

FO - FRENCH POLYNESIA, FO/M - MARQUESAS ISLANDS Serge, F6AUS, and Andre, F6AOI, are QRV in CW/SSB/RTTY during their Marquesas Islands tour from Nov 3-22: Hiva Oa (OC-027) Nov 3-10 and Nuku Hiva (OC-027) from Nov 10-14. Their three stops in French Polynesia will be Raiatea from Nov 14-17, Bora Bora -both OC-067- from Nov 17-20 and Moorea (OC-046) from Nov 20-22.

KH4 - MIDWAY ISLANDS Mert, W0UFO, Thor, W0QIK, and Ed, N0OKW, shall be active with 100 watts signing KH4/W0UFO and KH4/W0QIK from Nov 4-13. Look for them on the QRP frequencies around 1700 UTC and also from 0400-0500 UTC.

T31 - CENTRAL KIRIBATI Ueata, T31UA, is QRV from Kanton Island (OC-043) running 100 watts into a vertical for 20m and longwires. Though he is a professional radio operator he is not able to handle the pile ups of us amateurs yet. His QSL manager LA7MFA, Lech Slawomir Tomczak, Froeyas vei 61, N-3472 Boedalen, Norway intends to send him a key for Christmas.

AFRICA

5X - UGANDA Peter, 5X1T/ON6TT, leaves Uganda after four years and 150.000 QSOs on Nov 5 and will then go to the Kosovo. He will return to Uganda for one week in mid Dec and Jan. QSL via ON5NT.

EL - LIBERIA Bob, ex A92GD, is now active on all bands in CW/SSB/RTTY/PSK signing EL2RF from Monrovia. QSL direct to Bill DeLage, K1SE, PO Box 685, Manassas Park, Virginia 20113-0685, USA. Bill has also Bob's old logs of A92GD and J28BM. Please send your QSLs ONLY to this PO Box and NOT to the CBA.

AMERICA

4U - UNITED NATIONS HEADUQARTERS Bert, PA1KW, is active as 4U1UN from Nov 4-9.

FG - GUADELOUPE Nigel, FG/G3TXF, will be on air in CW only from Les Saintes (NA-114) from Nov 8-14. QSL via G3TXF.

OA - PERU Yves, F5TYY, Alan, F6BFH, and Bernard, F9IE, announced to be QRV from several places in Peru (perhaps also IOTA) between Nov 1-20. QSLs via bureau.

PY0S - ST PETER AND ST PAUL ROCKS The DXpedition was delayed for another time after an egine failure of their ship. The earliest date could be Nov 6 or 7 (DXNL 1167).

V3 - BELIZE Joe, K8JP, should have arrived in Dangriga on Oct 30 and will be QRV as V31JP mostly in CW with only little SSB and RTTY on 6-160m until April 1, 2000. He intends to participate in the major contests. His homepage is: http://sites.netscape.net/v31jp/. QSL via KA9WON, Lonnie Miller, 12031 Blue Spruce Drive, Roscoe, IL 61073, USA.

V47 - ST CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS Conny, DL1DA, is QRV as V47DA from NA-104 mostly in CW with little SSB and PSK31 from Nov 2-13. QSL via DL1DA. --- Gerd, DL7VOG, and Ben, DL7BY, are active on all bands mainly in CW and RTTY signing V47GU and V47BY from Nov 4-18. V47GU will take part also in the WAE RTTY Contest! Skeds via e-mail to DL7VOG@snafu.de or DL7BY@qsl.net until Nov 3. QSLs via homecalls.

VP2M - MONTSERRAT After his activity from V4 Gerd, DL7VOG, will go to NA-103 perhaps as VP2MGU. QSL via DL7VOG.

VP2V - BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS Nigel, VP2V/G3TXF, is QRV in CW only from NA-023 between Oct 30 and Nov 7. QSL via G3TXF.

ZF - CAYMAN ISLANDS Bruce, N6NT, is active again as ZF2NT since Oct 29 and at least till May 2000. QSL via G3SWH (see DXNL 1167).

ASIA

A5 - BHUTAN Jim Smith, VK9NS, ist now in Bhutan for about two weeks. If he is lucky and gets a licence like in 1990 and 1994 is questionable.

HS - THAILAND HS72A is active between Oct 23 and Dec 31. QSL via HS1CKC.

J2 - DJIBOUTI Henry, F6EAY, is on the air as J28FF for one or two years. QSL via F6ITD

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