DX Newsletter 1146
May 10 1999


DX-NL 1146 - May 10, 1999
DX News Letter
DARC Committee for DX and HF-Contesting
(http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/)
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

FO - FRENCH POLYNESIA, MARQUESAS, AUSTRALES ISLANDS Alain, F2HE, leaves France on May 19. He plans to arrive on the Marquesas Islands (OC-027) around May 26. The dates of the other destinations Tahiti, Tuamotu (OC-066), Raiarea (OC-067), and Tubai/ Australes (OC-152) depend on the further transportation possibilities. He intends to return home to France on Sep 6. QSL via F6LQJ.

KH0 - MARIANA ISLANDS Haru, KH0/JA1XGI, was announced to be QRV from OC-086 from May 9-12. QSL via JA1XGI.

P2 - PAPUA NEW GUINEA Chip, P29CC, is on the air for quite a while now but his regular activities on 28483 kHz from 2200-2400 UTC should be difficult to copy in Europe. QSL via K1WY, also via bureau.

VK - AUSTRALIA AX3ITU will be QRV on May 17, the International Telecommunications Day of the ITU. QSL via VK3DYL.


AFRICA

5X - UGANDA Graham, G0VNW/5Z4GS, hopes to hit the airwaves in SSB signing 5X1GS from Kampala during this week. QSL via WB2YQH.

CT3 - MADEIRA CT3/DF5WA was announced to be QRV with TS50 and wire antennae mostly in CW for two weeks starting on May 6. QSL via DF5WA.

D2 - ANGOLA Richard, AA4HU ex AA4HU/D2, is on the air as D2RV on 10/15m. His length of stay is unknown. QSL via AA4HU.

FR/G - GLORIOSO ISLAND Henri, FR5ZQ/G, is on the air on 10-80m since May 8. He will be QRV in his spare time during the next four weeks. Check following QRGs: 28480, 28023, 21230, 21023, 14180, 14023, 7050, 7003, 3770 kHz and the WARC bands. QSL via the CBA of FR5ZQ.


AMERICA

YS - EL SALVADOR Jack, YS1/KE4LWT, stays in El Salvador until August 15 and hopes to receive a permanent call. He is monitoring the maritime mobile net on 14300 kHz. QSL via KE4LWT.


ASIA

9M2 - WESTERN MALAYSIA Unfortunately Johnny, G3LIV, received no licence for the planned activity from Pulau Penang (AS-015) in May 1999 (DXNL 1145).

JY - JORDAN Ulli, DL5MBY, is QRV as JY8YB during the next two or three months. He and George, JY9QJ, are planning to take part in the multi single category of the CQ WW WPX CW Contest. QSL via DL5MBY.


EUROPE

GM/sh - SHETLAND ISLANDS Jim, GM4CHX, shall be QRV from the Shetlands (EU-012) on May 12-14.

SP - POLAND DL7VOX will be on the air from Wolin Island (EU-132) signing SO1VOX mostly in CW on all HF bands. QSL via bureau or direct to DL7VOX.

SV9 - CRETE Drew, SV9/GM3YOR, will be QRV in CW from EU-015 during his holiday from May 15-28. If the conditions are good he intends to operate mostly on the WARC bands and on 160 and 80m. QSL via GM3YOR.


CONTESTS

CQ WPX Contest CW: May 29, 0000 UTC until May 30, 2400 UTC. Bands: 10-160m. Work: everybody. Exchange: RST + serial number.


Preview

DATE           CALL            DXNL

now again      3B9FR           1142
May 1999       3D2RK           1145
      -Jul 14  3DA0CA          1139
now            3W7CW           1145
Mar 31-May/99  5N0MSV          1142
now            5X1GS           1146 *
Jan   -Oct/99  5Z4GS           1130, 1144
now            7Q7RM etc       1140
now            8J1RL           1141
1999/2000      9G5DX           1143
Feb   -May/99  9G5HK           1132
CANCELLED      9M2/G3LIV       1145, 1146 *
Apr/99-Jun 30  9N7RN           1138, 1143
Apr 7 -May 17  9N7UD           1141, 1142

      -Jun/99  A92GD           1125
1999  -2001    A92GJ           1143
May 17         AX3ITU          1146 *
May 6 -May 20  CT3/DF5WA       1146 *
Mar/99-2001    E4/G3WQU        1140
now   -Aug/99  FK8VHU          1128
Aug 11-2001    FM5JV           1108
May   -Sep/99  FO   (F2HE)     1146 *
May 8 -Jun/99  FR5ZQ/G         1146 *
Jan/99-Dec 31  FT5WH           1125, 1144, 1145
Mar/99-        FT5XN           1136
Jan   -Dec/99  FT5YG           1128, 1140
Jan   -Dec/99  FT5ZJ           1128
May 12-May 14  GM4CHX          1146 *

now   -2000    HK3JBR          1128, 1144
Apr/99-2002    HS   (JR5XPG)   1141
May   -Jul/99  JY8YB           1146 *
May 9 -May 12  KH0/JA1XGI      1146 *
May 20-May 26  MD0BPI          1145
now            P29CC           1146 *
May 18-May 30  SO1VOX          1146 *
May 15-May 28  SV9/GM3YOR      1146 *
Oct/98-Oct/99  TN7OT           1119
Mar   -Jun/99  TT8DF           1136
1999  -2000    VQ9DV           1143
Jan 24-Jun/99  VQ9DX           1130
      -9/2000  XE1/NP2AQ       1142
SOON           YI   (PA3DZN)   1142
May 8 -May 14  YM0S            1145
now   -Aug 15  YS1/KE4LWT      1146 *
Nov/98-2001    ZC4JP           1144
Aug 4 -Aug 31  ZK1SCQ, ZK1SCR  1145

NEW: 1146 *

Bandspots of the last 7 days

160m
   5N9CEN      1843  0612Z via IV3VBM
   SU9ZZ       1830  2312Z via OM3TZZ, bureau
   UN5J        1830  2237Z via W3HNK, also bureau
   VQ9DX       1828  2315Z via AA5DX, also bureau

80m
   3B8/DL2HZM  3503  2025Z via DL2HZM
   5Z4RL       3799  1919Z via G0IAS, direct
   EL2WW       3503  2050Z via ON5NT
   T88LJ       3795  1842Z via JM1LJS, bureau

40m
   3B8/DL2HWA  7014  2007Z via DL2HWA
   3B9FR       7016  1847Z see DXNL 1146
   4S7BRG      7059  2019Z via HB9BRM, bureau
   FM5BH       7022  2144Z via W3HNK, also bureau
   VP2VW       7004  0505Z via CBA

30m
   A25/G3HCT  10106  1911Z via G3HCT
   C6AFP      10108  0020Z via N4JQQ, bureau
   E4/G3WQU   10109  1708Z via bureau
   FK8VHT     10105  1646Z via F6AJA, bureau
   FM/OH2RF   10120  2118Z via OH2RF
   HK3JBR     10107  0551Z via F6AJA, bureau
   HP3XUG     10111  0603Z via KG6UH, bureau
   T22TK      10105  0537Z via JA3MCA
   VP2EST     10108  0144Z via KT8Y, bureau
   XX9TSS     10104  2349Z via JK2PNY
   ZS3JDR     10107  1759Z via GM3JDR

20m
   AH8A       14243  0703Z via AC7DX
   FO5QG      14121  0850Z via XE1L, direct
   T32RT      14164  0512Z via W6UC
   TI5/K3LU   14004  0402Z via W3CV, bureau

17m
   J73AB      18130  2151Z via CBA
   KH6LEM     18115  1752Z via CBA or bureau
   T88LJ      18135  1826Z via JM1LJS, bureau
   VK9NS      18138  0959Z via CBA
   ZK1JD      18131  0918Z Jim, Box 491, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific

15m
   8J1RL      21002  1408Z Antarctica, via JA bureau
   T22TK      21275  1453Z via JA3MCA
   T88YH      21060  1640Z via 7N1KAE
   TG9IGI     21201  2201Z via I2MQP, bureau
   V63AO      21279  1611Z via Box 607, Kosrae 96944, Micronesia

12m
   3W7CW      24892  1212Z see DXNL 1145
   6W2/ON4QM  24960  1608Z via ON4QM, bureau
   E4/G3WQU   24907  1030Z via bureau
   HH2/DL1DA  24900  1300Z via bureau
   HK3JBR     24896  1614Z via F6AJA, bureau
   JT1BH      24898  0645Z via bureau
   JY9QJ      24965  1300Z via DL5MBY, bureau
   KH6XT      24895  0758Z via bureau
   T22VE      24937  1059Z via JA8VE, bureau
   T88YH      24915  1250Z via 7N1KAE
   XX9TSS     24890  0924Z via VP6 bureau or VR2SS
   YK1AO      24935  1211Z via CBA
   YN6HM      24898  2213Z via N5TGZ

10m
   3B8/DL2HZM 28016  1159Z via DL2HZM
   9M2TO      28503  0827Z via JA0DMV, bureau
   FM/OH2RF   28460  1245Z via OH2RF
   FR5ZQ/G    28020  0632Z via CBA
   FT5ZJ      28400  1257Z via F2YT, bureau
   JT1T       28494  0705Z via JT1KAA, also bureau
   KH0/JA1XGI 28011  0807Z via JA1XGI
   S07UN      28415  1404Z via ZP6CU

INFO

QSL Routes

SILENT KEY The well known lowband DXer Peter, DJ8WL, passed away after a short disease on April 26.

Phil, F5PHW, who was active as J28BS in April wrote a short statement about his 57 hours of operation. He made 5700 QSOs mostly in CW and worked 121 dupes though he sent "QSO b4" for several times. He does not understand why many big guns insist on a second or third QSO on the same band/mode. "Some stations seem to be totally deaf: CQ calls for more than one hour on my QRG and stations who keep calling though they were NOT asked for their call. In one case it took me eight minutes to finish one QSO. In this time I could have made 24 other QSOs. This must be horrible for DXpeditions like VK0IR."

RW1QM offers not only many QSL routes at http://www.ampr.spb.ru but also the sources he looks for his QSL information.

QSLs arrived buro: 4U1VIC (DL5IO),6Y5A (WA4WTG),6Y5DA (VE4JK),8P9EJ (VE3EJ), 9H0VRZ (PA0JR), 9M2OM (G3NOM), 9M8CC (PB0ALB), CE8GLQ, CN2NG (OE8GNK), CN8TM (JR2ITB), CX9AU, E30HA (HA5YPP), EA8/DL3DRN, FR5HR (F5RRH), HI8UD,HI3/DL1GKG,HL1DH,HL3ERJ, J43DIG (DJ8OT), J56DY, JW/DJ3KR (DH3MG), JY9NE (N3FNE), KL7FAL

QSLs arrived direct: 5Z4EO (DL0MAR), C6AIE (WZ8D), E44/JA1UT, KH2PC (quick), KP2/VE5RA, TI4CF, VP8CRB (K4QD), W2FXA/VP9 (quick), VP2VF, ZD9BV + ZD9CO (W4FRU)


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