DX Newsletter 1120 November 2, 1998

DX Newsletter 1120
November 2, 1998

DX-NL 1120 - November 2, 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)

ANTARCTICA

VP8 - SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS Stan, SP3BGD/HF0POL, will leave South Shetland in early December and in 1999 there will be no radio amateur on this base. QSL via buro to SP3SUN or direct: Piotr Miranski, ul. Rydza Smiglego 27/5, 65-610 Zielona Gora, Poland.

PACIFIC

VK9X - CHRISTMAS ISLAND The Christmas calls for Jack, HB9TL, and HB9QR shall be VK9XTL and VK9XTR from Nov 1-13. For more info check DXNL 1118. QSL direct via HB9QR.

T32 - EASTERN KIRIBATI Contrary to DXNL 1119 the QSLs for DL1VU's Pacific trip (T32IW and T32VU) are managed ALSO by DL2MDZ (and NOT by DJ5IW).

ZL8 - KERMADEC ISLAND Bob, ZL1RS, will be active from OC-039 signing ZL8RS from Nov 9-17. During his spare time he will concentrate on 17/15/12/10m phone and little CW on 30m. QSL via ZL1RS, CBA 1998.

AFRICA

5N - NIGERIA Bogdan, SP5CPR/5N3CPR, is on the air again until mid December. If possible QSL via bureau to SP5CPR.

8Q - MALDIVES A party of 16 Berlin DX Group members is very active in CW/SSB/RTTY on 10-160m with good signals from AS-013. The OMs are using 8Q7IO and the (X)YLs 8Q7IQ between Oct 19 and Nov 5. All QSLs via DL7VRO! Online logcheck available at: http://www.qsl.net/8q7io/

D6 - COMORES F6HWU shall be QRV in CW and RTTY signing D68WU from Nov 15-Dec 5. QSL via F6HWU.

E3 - ERITREA Due to the 500 US-$ license fee (DXNL 1116) the Space A DX Group will be on the air on 6-160m (except of 30m?) in SSB/CW/RTTY from Nov 5-17. The ten operators include: WD4NGB, N5VL, IV3FSG (YL), KO4RR, I8NHJ, EA8AFJ, OK1TN, N9NS, NF6S and DJ9ZB. Everybody will get a personal call starting with E30AA upon arrival. They hope to get also a collective call to be used until the last hours prior to their departure. They intend to operate with three stations around the clock. The QSLs for the individual calls should be sent via the homecalls. The special station via bureau to K4JDJ or via INDEXA, c/o K4JDJ, 556 Babbtown Rd, Suffolk, VA 33434, USA. The logs will be available at http://qsl.net/eritrea or http://www.pagus.it/E31DX/ --- Zoli, E30HA, will go QRT on Nov 8 but may return shortly before the WWDX CW Contest. QSL direct only via HA5YPP, Box 1157, 1245 Budapest, Hungary.

S7 - SEYCHELLES Roger, KF8OY, shall be active as S79OY in SSB and CW especially on the lowbands from Nov 6-9. QSL direct via KF8OY.

TY - BENIN DL7DF and friends are QRV with two stations on 10-160 in CW/SSB/ RTTY from Nov 4-18. QSL via DL7DF.

AMERICA

ZF - CAYMAN ISLANDS Robert, KE5BR, is active again from NA-016 signing ist ZF2UH from Nov 7-14. QSL via KE5BR.

ASIA

BV9P - PRATAS ISLAND BQ9P shall be QRV on 10-160m also in CW/SSB/RTTY from Nov 10-19. QSL via KU9C. Donations via Pai, BV4FH, Box 163, Feng-Yuan City, 420 Taiwan, China.

XV - VIETNAM Coly, UA0FM, has been announced to be active again as 3W5FM on 10-160m (hopefully also WARC) by mid November. He will be QRV for Europe on 1826 kHz (listens 3 up) from 1930-2030 Z and from 2300Z. Contact via via e-mail to ra0ff@qsl.net or RA0FF, QSL via Box 66, Vladimir 600011, Russia. --- Larry, K6SGD, was announced as XV1Z especially in RTTY between Oct 20 and Nov 14.

EUROPE

GJ - JERSEY ISLAND Chris, G0WFH, is QRV as GJ0WFH from EU-013 from Nov 4-11. QSL via G0WFH.

Preview

DATE           CALL      	DXNL

Oct   -Nov/98  3A/I1YRL        1115
Early 1999     3B9  (AH0W etc) 1107
Nov   -        3W5FM           1120 *
Early 1999     3Y   (SSIDXG)   1091
now   -2001    5H3US           1117
now   -mid Dec 5N3CPR          1120 *
Oct 29-Nov 8   5W0GD           1119
now   -Dec     5Z   (ZL3CW)    1110
Aug 3 -        7X0WW           1107
Oct 19-Nov 5   8Q7IO, 8Q7IQ    1120 *
now   -Nov 7   9N7RW           1115

      -2000    A45XU           1116
Early 1999     A5   (JH1AJT)   1095
1998/1999      A6   (F6ARU)    1112
Nov 12-Nov 19  BQ9P            1120 *
Oct 25-Nov 7   D68BW           1119
Nov 15-Dec 5   D68WU           1120 *
Sep 11-Nov 10  D98WCX etc      1113
Nov 5 -Nov 17  E30AA etc       1120 *
now   -Dec     E31AA           1110, 1115
now   -Nov 8   E30HA           1119
Sep/98-2000    FK8VHT          1111
End of 1998    FR5ZU/T         1095, 1101
Sep 10-Nov     FW5XX           1113

Nov 4 -Nov 11  GJ0WFH          1120 *
Nov 1 -Nov 7   HB0  (HAs)      1119
Oct 25-Nov 22  HC5UK           1119
      -Dec     HF0POL          1120 *
now   -1999    HK/G0SHN        1115
1998/1999      KH3/KH6HE       1113
now   -Dec 31  HS98AG          1118
Nov 5 -Nov 16  JY8ZW           1119
Nov 22-Dec 2   N1V             1111, 1113
Nov 6 -Nov 9   S79OY           1120 *
Oct 26-Nov 7   S92YV, S92YN    1118

Dec   -Apr/99  T31AF, T30CT... 1119
Nov 3 -Nov 30  T32VU, T32IW    1119
Oct/98-Oct/99  TN7OT           1119
Nov 26-Dec 5   TU   (JA1OEM)   1117
Nov 4 -Nov 18  TY   (DL7DF...) 1120 *
now            TZ6DX           1110
Jul 15-1999    V5/SM7DZZ       1104
Nov 1 -Nov 13  VK9XTL, XQR     1120 *
Oct 20-Nov 24  XT2HP           1117
Oct 20-Nov 14  XV1Z            1120 *
      -Dec/98  XV300S          1114
Oct 11-Apr/99  ZF2NT           1116
Nov 7 -Nov 14  ZF2UH           1120 *
Nov 9 -Nov 17  ZL8RS           1120 *
Jan 9 -Jan 25  ZL9CI           1104
Early Mar/99   ZY0SP, ZY0SZ    1115

"NEW": 1120 *

Bandspots of the last 7 days

160m
   8Q7IO      1833  2115Z via DL7VRO, bureau
   9M2AX      1829  2259Z direct
   9Y4/DK6WL  1825  0607Z via bureau
   BV4ME      1829  2131Z via bureau
   D68BW      1828  2115Z via DJ2BW, bureau
   DL3ALI/HI8 1824  0544Z
   JW9XGA     1823  2152Z via LA9XGA, bureau
   JX5AM      1835  2337Z via F6FNU, direct
   TF8SM      1830  0010Z via bureau
   ZD9BL      1825  2158Z

80m
   8P6QY      3790  0407Z via KU9C, bureau
   CY0NR      3793  2344Z via VE1NR
   S92YN      3502  0195Z via HB9CYN, bureau
   TL5A       3504  0412Z via PA3DMH, bureau

40m
   9G1MR      7070  0519Z via IK3HHX, direct only
   9N7SON     7010  0036Z via W4SON
   E30HA      7045  2106Z via HA5YPP, direct
   EM1LV      7008  0550Z via UR8LV, bureau
   FG/N6RV    7005  0619Z
   FM5DN      7049  0522Z via KU9C, bureau
   J3/N6OV    7006  0224Z
   J6/K3LP    7013  0135Z
   W2FXA/VP9  7007  0122Z direct, SASE
   ZF2NT      7008  0803Z via N2AU, also bureau

30m
   3D2VA     10105  0540Z via WA2NHA, bureau
   8Q7IO     10107  1549Z via DL7VRO, bureau
   D68BW     10118  1747Z via DJ2BW, bureau
   HF0POL    10108  2330Z via SP3SUN, bureau
   S92YN     10103  1824Z via HB9CYN, bureau

20m
   5W0GD     14088  0922Z via PA3AXU, bureau
   FO0PT     14033  0818Z via DJ0FX, bureau
   T32O      14183  0755Z via WC5P, bureau
   T88HN     14011  1313Z via JF1VXB
   V63KU     14180  0740Z via JA6NL, bureau
   XW8KPL    14215  1626Z via JA7SGV
   ZK3MR     14244  0711Z DXNL 1115

17m
   3D2RW     18076  0743Z via ZL1AMO, bureau
   V26B      18078  1830Z via WT3Q, bureau
   VP2V/WJ7R 18079  1155Z via bureau

15m
   3D2RW     21285  0726Z via ZL1AMO, bureau
   8J1RL     21261  0944Z AN-015, via JA bureau
   KG4CM     21310  1817Z via N5FTR, auch bureau
   XX9AS     21270  0734Z via KU9C, bureau

12m
   7Q7HB     24902  0743Z via G0IAS, direct
   8Q7IQ     24940  1029Z via DL7VRO, bureau
   D2BB      24899  1525Z via W3HNK, bureau
   FK8VHT    24890  0808Z via F6AJA, bureau
   DK8YY/HI3 24901  1256Z via DL4JAN, bureau
   JD1BIA    24940  0825Z via bureau
   S92YN     24934  0843Z via HB9CYN, bureau
   V26AK     24893  1442Z via N2TK
   VK9CQR    24900  1041Z via HB9QR, direct
   ZF2NT     24902  1725Z via N2AU, also bureau

10m
   4S7BRG    28487  1116Z via HB9BRM, bureau
   D68BW     28020  1206Z via DJ2BW, bureau
   HL1CG     28030  0921Z via bureau
   JT1BH     28025  0943Z via bureau
   S21J      28486  1130Z via K1WY, bureau
   VK9XTL    28491  1045Z via HB9QR, direct

INFO

QSL Routes

3B7RF Until Oct 29 they confirmed 26.100 QSOs (those QSLs that arrived prior to Oct 25). If the cards don't arrive within the next few weeks please contact HB9BXE via hb9bxe@pilatus.net.ch before you send another request. Bureau QSLs will be answred, too.
5X1DX, 5Z4FV & 9Y4VU: NEW via NY3Y, James A Wingender Jr, 403 Kristine Ct, Boothywyn, PA 19061, USA
BD7JA, BD7JA/7 & BI7W: NOT via F/HH2HM! Yang, BD7JA, didn't allow anybody to write out QSLs for these stations. QSLs via Box 1713, 510600 Gaungzhou, China.
CO2JD, CO2HR, CO2MA, CM2CK (SK), CO8ZZ, CM8ZZ, CO8DM, CM8DM, CO8AR, CO8NA, CL8VP, CM8VP, CL8UB, CM8UB (but NOT CO2JA) via HI3JH. HI8LUZ and HI4M QSLs via AD4Z. QSLs for CO2VG and CM2VK can be sent also to HI3JH but heforwards them only to the original receiver.
EA9EA Ceuta Contest Club; NOT via W3HNK, BUT via EA9AZ!
EP2MM NOT via Clyde, W5TQE, anymore who used this call 25 years ago.
LA/OZ5IPA (Nov/98, ex OY5IPA, OX3IPA, TF/OZ5IPA) direct to OZ5AAH, Preben Jakobsen, 9 Knoldager, DK-2670 Greve, Denmark.
OM9AIP (Oct/98) via AI5P
SK7DX (Ven Island EU-137, Nov/98) via via buro to SM7DXQ or direct to: Mats Freden, Klagerupsvagen 258, S-21232 Malmoe, Sweden.
UA0IAS/0 (AS-044) via OH2BF
UA0IAS Several QSL deliveries were sent to the old Callbook address of UA0IAS/0 (Box 500). Old mail was now forwarded to him but this does NOT apply to future mail! His current valid address is Vladimir Kolodkin, Box 11, Palatka, 686110 Magadanskya, Russia. The Russian postal service may be on strike, so please be patient.
VE6VK Russ Wilson, 1235 Richland Road N.E., Calgary, AB T2E 5M5, Canada
W1ZT George Johnson, 30 Washington Street, Beverly, MA 01915, USA
WH0V Jun Mercado, Box 1941, Saipan, MP 96950-1941, USA
YA1R was the call of Roger, G3SXW, back in 1970-1973. Then the manager was G3TXF. The QSL manager of the 1998 activity of YA1R is RW3LO!
YB0ZDD Club Station ORARI Lokal Pasar Minggu, Box 6512 / JKSDW, Jakarta 12065, Indonesia
YC9LQA L.C.Salean, Jln.Niaga 71, Larantuka, 86216 Flores Timur, Indonesia
Z21KQ Box 2377, Harare, Zimbabwe
ZD7VC Bruce, Box 58, Jamestown, St. Hlena Island, South Atlantic Ocean
ZP6HW Raul Domingo Bogado Bernal, Box 1055, Luque, Paraguay

CQ WWDX SSB Contest 1998:. QSL routes of the contest participants can be found in the internet at: http://www.arrakis.es/~ea5eyj/cqssb98.htm The re-designed homepage of the 425 DX News provides many interesting information for DXers: http://www.425dxn.org

QSLs arrived via buro: 6W1AE, 6W1RE, J28JA (F5PWH), J8/DF2SS, JT1BH, KP3EM, JT1FBW, AA1BU/KP2, K9AW/KH2 (WF5T), KP3W, OX/OZ8AE, P4/KT8X, P29VR, P40J (WX4G), P4/WX4G, S0A,TI4/AA7JM, T70A, V73C, UA2WY, V5/DK1CE (DL2GBT), V63KU (JA6NL), V73C, K1EFI/VP9, VP2E (W5AJ), VP2EUC, VQ9QM, VR98UW, WP2Z (KU9C), XU2BH, XR8S, XW30A (SM0AGD), JE8JSK/YK, XX9X, YI9VK (via HA0HW),YJ0AIO (DL7VRO),YI9CW,Z32JA, ZD8DEZ (G0DEZ), ZK1PN, ZK2PN, ZS1N

QSLs arrived direct: 9M6HX (DJ9HX), AP2KSD + AP2MAM + BV5BG (IK7JTF),V63KU, CO8TW (W3HNK), OX3FV, SV2ASP/A, TG9NX (N4FKZ),FK8VHN, V31CX (KA1VLP), VP8CEH (G0NWY), WH0V (WH0AAV), YB5QZ (W3HNK)

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