DX Newsletter 1075: December 8, 1997

DX Newsletter 1075
December 8, 1997

DX-NL 1075 - December 8, 1997
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: robert@wirtschaft.tu-ilmenau.de)

ANTARCTICA

VP8 - SOUTH SHETLAND LU1ZC is situated on Deception Island/South Shetlands and will be activated in CW by Hector, LU6UO, Ernie, LU4AXV, and two more op's from December 15 until the end of February 1998. QSL via LU6EF, GACW, Box 9, 1875 Wilde, Buenos Aires, Argentine.

PACIFIC

H4/YJ - SOLOMON ISLANDS/VANUATU Holger, DL7IO, and Birgit, DL7IQ, are heading towards the Pacific. They will be QRV as YJ0IO from December 9-16 and after that as H44IO and H44IQ (?) until (at least) January 3. During the second week of February they will be active from either the Solomons or Vanuatu. On their way back via Fiji you should not expect any radio activities. You can search the log of this DXpedition in the WWW. Check: http://ve7tcp.ampr.org/cgi-bin/dl7io. QSL via DL7VRO when possible via bureau or via e-mail to dl7vro@aol.com. Direct via: DL7VRO, Fritz Bergner, Sterndamm 199, D-12378 Berlin, Germany.

T31 - CENTRAL KIRIBATI Norbert, DF6FK, will be on Kanton Island (OC-043) again from Dec 25 until January 10. QSL via DF6EK.

AFRICA

3V - TUNISIA Albert, F2KN (not F2KDN!), is active as 3V8BB from Dec 9-15.

3X - GUINEA DJ6SI and DJ9ZB are QRV as 3XA8DX from Dec 9-15. QSL via the CBA of Baldur, DJ6SI.

5A - LIBYA The 5A2A team finished their DXpedition with 25000 QSOs in the log.

9Q - CONGO Karl, K4YT, is activating the station of 9Q5PA in Kinshasa signing 9Q5YT from December 9-13. QSL via his brother W2TK.

C5 - GAMBIA C56/G0ULN (perhaps as C56LE) shall be QRV in SSB only on either 14200 or 21200 kHz between December 19 and January 9. QSL via Lee Fuller, Box 803, Hull, HU7 4BY, Great Britain.

FT5Z - AMSTERDAM ISLAND Eric, FT5ZG, does his sked/list operation on 14278 kHz until Dec 97 each saturday and sunday around 1600 UTC. The easiest way to get on the list is a packet mail to F5PFP@F8KLY.FRHA.FRA.EU or in the DX- cluster F6KDF-8. QSL via REF bureau or direct to F5RQQ.

FT5X - KERGUELEN ISLAND F6IHY will be QRV as FT5XN from Port au Français between Dec 13 and June 1998. He will use an IC 730 with 100 watts, verticals and di- poles to be QRV on 14209, 21209/21309, 28509, 18159 and 24959 kHz. QSL via REF bureau to F6PEN. Though Helios makes a stopover on Crozet island he has no time for hitting the airwaves from this distant place.

TR - GABON TR8CA, Alain Combelles, BT 1293, Libreville,Gabon and TR8XX, TR8IG, TR8JCV, TR8SL, TR8SF are on 7045 kHz every sunday. He works also in packet radio (TR0A-1) on 21098 and 10149 kHz. QSL via F6CBC, Jean Charon, 19 Rue Gabriel Moussa, F-33320 Eysines, France.

AMERICA

C6 - BAHAMAS Bill, KM1E, will be QRV again as C6AGN from Green Turtle Cay from mid December until mid January and once again in April/May. Bill prefers to work on 6m and 160m. QSL via W1DIG.

HP - PANAMA Like many people working abroad Gerard, F2JD/HP1XBI, will head home during X-mas between December 16 and mid January.

ASIA

4K - AZERBAIJAN Yannick, F6FYD, -staying in New Delhi right now- will be QRV again as 4J0FR between December 23 and January 6. QSL via buro to F6AJA.

8Q - MALDIVES Yuu Yoshitani, JA3IG/K1NT, will be QRV as 8Q7IG especially in CW on the high bands from Dec 19-25. QSL via JA3IG.

EUROPE

GJ - GUERNSEY Jay, MU0BKA/MW0BKA, is visiting Europe. QSL via K4ZLE.

CONTESTS

ARRL 10m Contest CW+SSB (no crossmode): Dec 13, 0000 UTC-Dec 14, 2400 UTC. Exchange: DX: RS(T)+QSO number, W/VE: RS(T)+state/province.

Preview

DATE           CALL          DXNL

Nov 26-Dec 12  3B8/F6HMJ     1072
Dec 16-Dec 20  3D   (G's)    1074
      -Jan 98  3D2AG/p       1073
Dec 9 -Dec 15  3V8BB (F2KN)  1074 *
Dec 9 -Dec 15  3XA8DX ?      1075 *
Dec 23-Jan 6   4J0FR         1075 *
Nov 19-Dec 10  5V7A etc      1071
Jan 22-Jan 25  7P8  (ZS6's)  1073
Dec 19-Dec 25  8Q7IG         1075 *
End of 97      9G1AA         1050
      -Dec 98  9K2ZZ         1074
Feb 14-Feb 24  9M0C          1057
Feb 20-Mar 6   9N1UD         1074
Dec 9 -Dec 13  9Q5YT         1075 *

Dec 17-Dec 21  A43XXV        1065
Dec 19Jan 9   C56/G0ULN     1075 *
Nov 24-Dec 13  C56/JA1OEM    1072
Dec   -Jan     C6AGN         1075 *
Dec 10-Dec 17  C6AIE         1074
now            C91JM         1074
Nov   -Dec     EP   (SP5INQ) 1052
Dec            FP/W8MV etc   1074
Dec 97-Feb 98  FT5WG         1071
Dec 13-Jun 98  FT5XN         1075 *
Dec 17-Jan 3   H44IO,H44IQ ? 1075 *
Jan 98-Dec 98  HF0POL        1074
Nov 26-Jan 19  HS0/DL2FDK    1072
Nov 17-Dec 10  HS/G4JMB      1070
Nov   -Dec 14  HS0AC         1073

Dec 22-Jan 9   J8/DF2SS      1072
Nov 25-Feb 20  JG8NQJ/JD1    1072
Nov 25-Dec 15  JL1KFR/JD1    1072
Dec 15-Feb 98  LU1ZC         1075 *
      -Dec 10  MU0BKA        1075 *
Nov 1 -        NH2/NH6D      1072
      -Apr 30  P40MR         1074
Dec 10-Dec 17  PJ8/KG8XV     1073
Dec 25-Jan 10  T31  (DF6FK)  1075 *
      -Dec     TL8PL         1073
Nov 30-Dec 13  TT37Y         1074
Dec 15-Dec 20  TZ6HP         1073
Nov 11-Jan 99  TZ6JA         1073
      -Dec     TZ6VV         1070
Dec 9 -Dec 16  YJ   (DL7IO)  1075 *
now            ZK1DI         1073

"NEW": 1075 *

Bandspots of the last 7 days

160m
   3E1DX       1832  0656Z via KU9C, also bureau
   5A2A        1830  2057Z via DL3KDV, bureau
   8P9HT       1835  0411Z via K4BAI, bureau
   8Q7DV       1836  0359Z via UA9CI
   A45ZN       1831  1927Z via Tony, Box 981, Muscat 113, Oman
   BV4ME       1828  2105Z via bureau
   FP5/W8MV    1831  0448Z via W8MV
   JY8ZW       1829  2022Z via K4ZW
   KL7Y        1834  0709Z via bureau or CBA
   P40P        1831  0452Z via N4PN, direct
   TF3IRA      1821  0444Z via bureau or CBA
   V26E        1830  0525Z via AB2E
   VK6VZ       1829  2059Z via bureau
   WB9Z        1822  0705Z

80m
   7X2BK       3798  1744Z via I0WDX, direct
   9Y4H        3794  0404Z via K6NA, direct
   AL7O        3505  1755Z
   BV4YC       3503  1623Z
   TI4CF       3792  0555Z via W3HNK, direct
   OY1YG       3505  2312Z via LA3XIA
   YB5QZ       3502  2303Z via Box 1035, Pekanbaru 28010, Indonesia

40m
   5X1M        7007  2133Z via ON5NT, bureau
   6C50O       7006  1437Z via YK1AO ?
   8Q7DV       7006  1923Z via UA9CI
   AL7O        7006  1721Z
   CP6IB       7006  0311Z via bureau
   XE1ZEX      7065  0738Z
   YB0DX       7055  2030Z
   ZK1DI       7004  0738Z via DK1RV, bureau

30m
   3E1DX      10104  0500Z via KU9C, also bureau
   5A2A       10103  1657Z via DL3KDV, bureau
   BD4ED      10102  2332Z via Box 85299, Shanghai, China
   OX/OZ8AE   10109  1950Z via bureau
   TI2PZ      10102  2208Z via Box 1816, San Jose, Costa Rica

20m
   6C50O      14008  1240Z via Box 245, Damascus, Syria
   J69LU      14188  2003Z
   V73AT      14214  0808Z via K2CL
   ZP27T      14261  0927Z via ZP5WYV

17m
   3E1DX      18149  1455Z via KU9C, also bureau
   CV0EUA     18083  0944Z via CX1SI
   P43E       18145  1455Z
   ZF2MK      18131  1419Z via K9MK, bureau

15m
   CP4BT      21290  1542Z via CP0ARA
   JR0BQD/JD1 21015  0753Z via bureau
   WH6T       21300  1050Z via AH6IO
   TT8JFC     21305  1003Z via WA4ZJB
   ZF2RV      21010  1505Z via WJ7R, bureau
  
12m  
   5X1M       24950  1131Z via ON5NT, bureau
   BV7FC      24900  1128Z via bureau
   FR5VZ      24890  1311Z via F8VZ
   HH2LQ      24950  1353Z via NN6C
   JD1YBJ     24896  1022Z wie JL1KFR/JD1
   VR97LC     24898  0920Z via bureau
   YJ8UU      24945  0918Z via ZL2HE, direct
  
10m
   5R8FV      28450  0928Z
   JL1KFR     28020  0933Z see DXNL 1072
   V51HK      28505  1100Z via DL6OBS
   VP8CTR     28007  1355Z via DL5EBE, bureau
   WH6T       28480  0942Z via AH6IO

QSL information of stations active in the WWDX CW 97

Correction: 9K2GS ONLY for WWDX CW 97 via K2PF, else via W6YJ!

9K9K ONLY via bureau (tnx Hamad, 9K2HN)
LZ7N via LZ1NG, Nikolay Babarev,Skopie #45, Ap.19, 4004 Plovdiv,Bulgaria
T99CW via DL3NCI
TU3F via TU2XP
V26KW via K3TEJ with return postage
V47CA via VE3BW
V47KP via K2SB woth SASE or IRC/return postage
V8EA via JH7FQK
VE9DH via bureau
VK6BAT via N6ZZ
VK8VJ via DL8YR
VK9LX Lord Howe via VK2ICV
VP2EEB via AA3B
VP5DX via K4UTE
VP5EA via WD5N
WP2Z via KU9C
YB1AQS via DK7YY
YN6WW via JA6VU
YX1D via YV1AVO
ZD8Z via VE3HO
ZF1A via K9LA
ZF2RV via WJ7R
ZK1TB South Cook via W7TB
ZM2K via ZL2IR (bureau)
ZP5XF via N2AU
ZP0Z via W3HNK

(tnx NG3K...)

INFO

QSL Routes

8Q7DV and 8Q7LB via UA9CI, Yuri Loginov, Box 49, Zarechny 624051, Russia.
9J2DR, PT2ZDR, TR8DR and YS1DRF wre managed by W2PD until now. Since Saul passed away recently cards should be sent now to 9J2DR, Richard Dandine, Box 30062, Lusaka, Zambia. In Zambia there is only an incoming bureau. Therefore all QSL requests should be submitted together with sufficient return postage.
A4/K3LP, A4/KE3Q, A61AJ via Bernie McClenny, W3UR (ex WR3E, WB3JRU), 3025 Hobbs Road, Glenwood, MD 21738, USA. (This is the editor of The Daily DX Bulletin)
BA4TB via Box 104, F-22650 Ploubalay, France (this is the postbox of Michel Hamoniaux, HH2HM/F)
DK0AK and DL6KR are ok via bureau or via their direct address: Martin, Box 201432, D-53144 Bonn, Germany
EA9AZ NOT via UA4GWU but via bureau, address on the Callbook CD ROM 97 or via Box 2033, 51002 Ceuta, North Africa, Spain
EX2M via Box 104, F-22650 Ploubalay, France
F6BUM confirms FG5HR, 6W2/F6BUM, FJ/F6BUM - direct ONLY, TO5A ONLY F6BUM operator in July 96, NOT Feb 96 via bureau and FG/F6BUM via bureau
OM7M via OM3PA, NOT via OM7PA
OZ1WF Wagn Olsen, Hammervej 10, LOV DK-4700 Naestved, Denmark is NOT QRV in CW. His call has been misused by a pirate (possibly in England) on 40, 80 and 160m.
T95LGN via Box 104, F-22650 Ploubalay, France
TM7BNV via bureau or direct to: Radio Amateurs Beaujolais F6KTG, 171 Rue des Jardiniers, F-69400 Villefranche-Sur-Saone, France
TM7TLT via F6KWP
TU3F via F6AXP
VK9LX (Lord Howe) in Nov 97 via: VK2ICV, Nick Hacko, Box 730, Parramatta, 2124 NSW, Australia. Eddie Schneider, W6/G0AZT, was ONLY manager for VK9LX from Sep 20-30,1995, VK9LZ, VK9NM (Lord Howe in 1995) and for P40RY, ZF1RY, TY1RY, 8R1TT, 3V8BB (only Oct 96 RTTY).
ZP5/LU2BRG via Ernesto Grueneberg, Box 1589, 1000 CF, Argentine

QSLs arrived directly: A92GD (K1SE), CX4NF, CY0AA (WD8SDL), FH/DJ2BW, T77C, FP5EJ (K2RW), JD1/7J1AYK (W5VSZ), R1MVI (OH5NE), RA2FZ (W3HNK), T32BI (KH6DFW), YI9CW (DF3NZ)

TNX for information to 425DXNEWS, 9K2HN, ARRL DX News, DF1ZN, DF6EX, DJ8CR, DK5MV, DL1GEH, DL1SBF, DL7PR, DL7VOA, DL8FBH, DXPRESS, EA9AZ, F5NPS, F5PFP, F6BUM, F6FNU, F6GCP, F6GKD, F8ABX, GM4FDM, GOList,JAPAN DX News,QSL Routes, Les Nouvelles DX, LZ1NG, NG3K, OM7PA, OPDX, OZ8NST, QRZ DX, SM5MX,W6/G0AZT, The DAILY DX, TR8CA, TU5EX, UA9CNV, VK2SG RTTY DX Notes and others.