DX Newsletter 1051: June 23, 1997

DX-NL 1051 - 23.6.1997
DX News Letter
Editor: Michael, DJ5AV

(PR: DJ5AV @ OE9XPI.AUT.EU)

translated into English by Bob, DL7VOA
(Internet: robert@wirtschaft.tu-ilmenau.de)
(packet radio: DB0ERF.#THR.DEU.EU)

PACIFIC

V7 - MARSHALL ISLANDS On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the JARL Kyoto Club V73AR (JA3ART), V73MM (JA3MM), V73NH (JH3QNH) and V73YAQ (JA3YAQ) will activate the Marshall Islands on 10m-160m including RTTY from August 6-14. QSL via CBA von JA3OIN.

AFRICA

5X - UGANDA Mats, SM7PKK, is now licensed as 5X1Z. The only working antenna yet is the 40m antenna. His actual address is written in the DX-NL 1044 the old QSL route means a delay of about four months.

9Q - ZAIRE Piero, IK2BHX, returned on June 16 and is now trying to become QRV as 9Q5HX again. QSL via IK2MRZ, direct or via bureau.

TT - CHAD F6FNU states that Jean Pierre, F5TRD, will hit the airwaves from N'Djamena for four months. Call and QSL route are not sure yet.

AMERICA

FG - GUADELOUPE Alain, FG/F2HE, in CW only has been announced for June 20 until September 25.He intends to activate also some neighbouring islands. QSL direct to F2HE or via bureau to F6LQJ.

FP - ST PIERRE & MIQUELON Ken, FP/AA3GM, will be active on HF, 6m,2m and UHF from July 11-14.

HK0 - MALPELO ISLAND Alex, HK4QIM, states that several Colombian OMs are planning a DXpedition to Malpelo Island for 1999.

J3 - GRENADA J3/G0TYX will work in QRP CW between July 12 and August 9. QSL via homecall.

KL7 - ALASKA Frank, KL7FH, will be on the air as KL1SLE from St. Paul Island from June 30 till July 1. QSL via WL7KY.

KP2 - US VIRGIN ISLANDS KP2/N2OO, KP2/KF2OB and KP2/N2LD will be active on 10m-160m from July 24-31. QSLs via homecalls.

KP4 - PUERTO RICO Terry, W5XJ, is QRV as NP3G on 20m-40m from June 25 till July 16. Terry and Karen, N4YGP/NP3F, will move to Puerto Rico.

ASIA

BY - CHINA From July 9-28 Simonetta, IV3FSG, will be in Beijing and hopes to become active from a clubstation (possibly in RTTY).

VS6 - HONGKONG Hongkong could be a possible future "deleted DXCC country". On the occasion of the handover to China VS97SAR will be activated on June 28-30 and VR97SAR on July 1/2. QSL via VR2XRW, Mr Logan Chan, Box 80312, Cheung Sha Wan Post Office, Kowloon, Hongkong.

VU4 - ANDAMAN ISLANDS 59(9) DX Report writes that all QSOs made by VU2JPS from Port Blair between 1994 and June 1997 are NOT valid for DXCC though Mani and others tried hard to get this thing straight.

EUROPE

9H - MALTA 14 operators from PA are active from Sliema in CW/SSB from 6-80m between June 21 and July 5. Beside their personal calls they use also 9H0VRZ. QSL via PA0JR/9H3WH, A J A van den Boos, Koriander- weg 25, NL-9731 HW Groningen, The Netherlands.

JX/JW - JAN MAYEN/SVALBARD Unni, LA6RHA, will be active as JX6RHA from Jan Mayen starting on July 25. The Svalbard callsign will be JW6RHA from August 14-29. QSLs via LA6RHA, Unni Gran, Mellomaasveien 128, N-1414 Trollaasen.

OY - FAROES ISLANDS OY/DL1MGB/p will be QRV with 100 watts on 10m-160m from July 9-29. If he participates in the IARU HF Championship the callsign could be OY6A. The decision to participate in the IOTA Contest will be made on location. Please QSL (OY6A only IARU contest) via bureau to DL1MGB.

CONTESTS

CANADA DAY Contest CW/SSB: July 1 0000 UTC until July 2 2400 UTC. Bands: 10m-160m. Exchange: RST+QSO number (Canadians: province).

VENEZUELA Contest: July 5 0000 UTC until July 6 2400 UTC. Bands: 10m-80m. Exchange: RST+QSO number. QSOs with own country/continent are valid.

Preview

DATE           CALL          DX-NL

Jul 21-Jul 24  3A/ON5FP      1046
Jun 27-Aug 5   3D2JH         1049
  1997-1998    5H3HG         1045
   May-Nov     5X   (SM7PKK) 1044
   Sep         7O   (HA5PP)  1046
Jul 28-Aug 15  9A/DL1AUJ     1050
  end of 97    9G1AA         1050
Aug 2 -Aug 20  9H8CI         1046
Jun 21-Jul 5   9H0VRZ        1051 *
  July         9M8ZZ         1050
Jul 8 -Jul 28  9N   (K4VUD)  1050
Jul 9 -Jul 28  BY   (IV3FSG) 1051 *
Jul 25         C2   (VK2GJH) 1050
Jun 26-Jul 3   CY9AA         1040, 1041
till end of 98 D2BB          1047
Jun 20-Sep 25  FG/F2HE       1051 *
Jul 11-Jul 14  FP/AA3GM      1051 *
Jun 23-Jun 27  HP3/WT4K      1050
Jul 12-Aug 9   J3/G0TYX      1051 *
Jul 18-Jul 26  JW2PA         1050
Aug 14-Aug 29  JW6RHA        1051 *
from Jul 25    JX6RHA        1051 *
Jun 30-Jul 1   KL1SLE        1051 *
Jul 24-Jul 31  KP2/N2OO      1051 *
Jun 25-Jul 16  NP3G          1051 *
Jul 9 -Jul 29  OY/DL1MGB/p   1051 *
Jun 16-Jul     SV5/I3BQC     1048
Jul 9 -Jul 23  SV5/OM3LA/p   1046
Jul 5          T20JH         1049
Jul 7 -Jul 27  T30JH         1049
Jul 13         T33JH         1049
Jun 26-Jul 20  TF/PA3DWD     1046
  1997-1999    TJ1US         1049
   Jun-Sep     TT   (F5TRD)  1051 *
since Jun 15   UE1QQQ/1      1049
   Jun-Jul     V5/GM4DMA     1042
   Jul-Aug     V5/ZS6YG      1050
Aug 6 -Aug 14  V73AR         1051 *
   May-Oct     VP8CEH        1042
Jun 28-Jul 2   VS97SAR       1051 *
Jul 10-Jul 16  XE/WJ2O       1050
May 16-Jun 30  XU2A          1046
     now       Z21KM         1049
Jul 10-Jul 15  ZF2DN/ZF8     1050
Jun/97-Jun/99  ZK2PJ         1050

"NEW": 1051 *

Bandspots of the last 7 days

160m
   ZD7HI       1833  2329 via N2AU

80m
   CE8IOE      3800  0038
   H27W        3502  2034 via 5B4WN
   OY/DF8QJ/p  3515  0033 via DK4QO
   VP2MGG      3791  0335 via WB2YQH

40m
   5X1Z        7002  2127 via SM7PKK
   8P6FE       7005  0400
   9M2EU       7005  1706 via JA2EJI 
   FG5HR       7065  0543 via F6BUM
   HS1NGR      7044  1901
   TG9AKC      7001  0431 Box 2700, Guatemala
   VP2ESJ      7005  0233 via W5SJ
   ZF2MK       7004  0308 via K9MK

30m
   3B8CF      10108  0345
   9M8FC      10104  1756 via CBA95
   AP2AP      10108  1652 via JA1EZM
   C21RK      10102  2028 POB139, Nauru
   KH0N       10106  2126 via JA6CNL
   AA5DX/KP4  10103  0015 via CBA
   KP3X       10102  0424 via KP4XX
   OY/DF8QJ/p 10121  2218 via DK4QO

20m
   9V1XR      14014  1815
   A45XL      14259  1756 via G4VUO
   KS6DV      14195  0654 Box 1618, Pago Pago, Western Samoa
   S21A       14167  1748 via W4FRU
   TL8PH      14326  1819 via F5LMK
   V29PE      14105  0015 via G3DLH
   V51BG      14263  0801
   XU2FB      14204  1756 via N4JR
   YI9VK      14271  0659 via HA0HW, buro
   ZD7BG      14015  1856 PB 157, St. Helena
   ZF2MD/8    14210  2155 via K7JI

17m
   5N0T       18130  1209 via F2YT
   9U5CW      18133  1335 via EA1FFC
   AP2AP      18084  1522 via JA1EZM
   FR5VZ      18072  0533 via F8VZ
   HK3AO      18145  1521
   W5ODD/KP2  18075  1336 via W5ODD

15m
   4F3CV      21021  0920 via HB9CXZ
   5N8NDP/9   21295  1312 via IK5JAN
   FR5HR      21207  0743 via F5RRH, buro
   XT2DP      21280  1337 via WB2YQH
   ZP70CM     21255  1859 via ZP1LL

12m
   5N0YL      24945  1823 via F2YT
   7X2RO      24896  1643 via OM3CGN
   9U5CW      24890  1757 via EA1FF
   OY1CT      24898  1630
   YK2WZM     24970  1834

10m
   5A1A       28457  1713 Op Abubaker
   5X4F       28504  1608 via K3SW
   6W1QV      28470  1922 via F6FNU, direct
   9G1BJ      28551  2007 via G4XTA, direct
   9K2MU      28020  1604 via WA4JTK
   FG5FR      28018  2127 via F6FNU, direct
   H27W       28020  0648 via 5B4WN
   KP2BH      28490  2049  
   OD5NJ      28490  1649 PB 70647, Beirut
   OY/DL3QQ/p 28485  1130 via DK4QO
   ZP5WBM     28400  1941

INFO

QSL Routes

• 4F5IX Francisco Lim, Box 6119, Naga City 4400, Philippines
• 4U1UN before Apr 1997 NOT to WB8FLO BUT via WB8LFO (wrong in DX-NL 1049)
• 9H1ZE and 9H3XF via IZ3AHY
• A61AO NOT A61OU, in Dubai via N1DG (DX-NL 1049)
• A61AQ Abdullah, Box 2088, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
• C31JI Jordi Iranzo Lopez, Costa d'en Codina N 3, URB Can Nogue, Escaldes- Engordany, Andorra
• EK4JJ Serge, Box 9A/33, Yerevan 375062, Armenia
• EP2MHB Box 154, 16765 Teheran, Iran (NOT Box 16765 154, Teheran as written in DX-NL 1049)
• EP2SMH Box 441, 17665 Teheran, Iran
• F/G3RTE/p and F/G3SWH/p via G3SWH, Phil, 21 Dickensons Grove, Congresbury, Bristol, BS19 5HQ, Great Britain or via bureau.
• FM5DN since 1995 NOT via Doug, ex N3ADL (now W3CF) BUT via KU9C
• HP1AC Camilo A. Castillo, Box 6-583, El Dorado, Panama
• IK8VRH Box 173, I-80016 Marano (NA), Italy
• IV3AJZ Claudio De Bernardi, Via dei Giardini 40, I-34146 Trieste TS, Italy
• JA1WTR Hiro Yamada, Embassy of Japan, Box 3001, Bandar Seri Begawan,Brunei
• JH1BSE Masao Yamamura, 10-6 Arai 2 Chome, Nakano 165, Tokyo, Japan
• K6UR Heil Sound Ltd., 5800 N Illinois, Fairview Heights, IL 62208, USA
• LA4GHA Roger Bjorgvik, Straudavn 3, N-6420 Aukuan, Norway
• N6HRG/KL7 Keith Gerlach, Box 2166, Petersburg, AK 98833, USA
• OH1MDR/p via bureau or to OM1MDR, Timo Pohjola, Kissalinja 29, FIN-28400 Ulvila, Finland
• OH0LIZ via buro or direct to OH5LIZ, VTTS, PL 1, 45701 Kuusankoski,Finland
• OM9SIAD via OM3TA
• TM0VER via buro to F5UOW or ARS TM0VER, The America Gold Beach Museum, 2 Place Amiral Byrd, F-14114 Ver sur Mer, France
• UA9CAX Valery Chudinovskikh, Box 97, Ekaterinburg, 620063 Russia (wrong in DX-NL 1049). Valery writes that most of the CIS addresses in the ARRL Callbook are wrong. Updated addresses are printed in the "Maikop Callbook" by UA6YW.
• UA9CLB Vadim Ovsyannikov, Box 42, Ekaterinburg, 620034 Russia
• UK8GK Nemat, Box 15, 712000 Ferghana, Uzbekistan
• V44KAO NOT via NN7A. Art receives QSLs for V44KAO for several years though he never was his manager. His own QSOs as HR6/NN7A (1993, NA-057), R9ZF/NN7A (1989), UA9F/NN7A (1991), VK3FBM (1994, OC-139) and V31JZ (1988-1996, NA-123/NA-180) will be confirmed direct (Art Phillips, Box 201, Flagstaff, AZ 86002, USA) or via bureau.
• VY2SA Box 67, Victoria P.E.I., C0A 2G0, Canada
• WR6AAA Pine Hill Amateur Repeater Operating Society, 3603 Ridgeview Dr., El Dorado Hills, CA 95762, USA
• YI1RS Box 55072, Baghdad, Irak
• ZP24I July 97: via ZP5WYV

QSLs arrived via bureau: 8Q7AI (via DL9LAI), 9H3WD (via OK1AD), FH/JA3JM, CP4BT (via DL9OT), R2MWO (via DL1FCM)

QSLs arrived directly: 5N0T (F2YT), 5X1T (ON5NT), 8P9JB (AA4NC), 9M6TPR (via KQ1F), 9X4WW (ON5NT), C6/DL6MHW, D2TT (ON5NT) FG5HR (F6BUM), FM5CD (F5VU), HP1XBI (F6AJA), J87GU (DL7VOG), P29VXX (DL7UFN), TU2XZ (W3HC), VP2END (JA4DND)

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