DX-NL 1214 - September 11, 2000
DX News Letter
Editor: Michael, DJ5AV
(PR: DJ5AV @ OE9XPI.AUT.EU)
(e-mail: dxmb@darc.de)
English by: Bob, DL7VOA
(e-mail: dl7voa@darc.de)
3D2 - FIJI Dragan, Z32AU, shall be on the air from Fiji signing 3D2AU from Sep 18-26. QSL via Z32AU.
4W - EAST TIMOR Since Aug 15 Jose, CT1FKN, works as a Portuguese soldier for the provisional UN administration in Dili and hopes to become active as 4W6FK until 2001.
VK0 - MACQUARIE ISLAND The supply ship "Polar Bird" shall arrive on Macquarie on Nov 7 and will then leave for Casey Base (Wilkes Land, Antarctica) on Nov 12. There will be no radio amatuer on Macquarie until the end of 2001. So there might be the chance that Alan may hit the the airwaves from Casey base signing VK0LD some time after Nov 12. His QSL route will be announced later this year, earlier QSL requests are useless! The VK0MM schedule is online at http://www.geocities.com/vk0ld/1.html.
T30 - EASTERN KIRIBATI VK2GJH is QRV again from OC-017 signing T30JH especially on 6m and in SSB on 10-80m from Sep 14-26. QSL direct to the CBA of VK2GJH. By the end of November he may hit the airwaves also from Tuvalu/T2 but a trip to Nauru is not planned this time.
D6 - COMORES Preparing his activity next year the RSGB president, Don Beattie, D68/G3OZF, is active from AF-007 on 10-80m from Sep 12-18. QSL via G3OZF.
ZD9 - TRISTAN da CUNHA Bob, G3ZEM, is very active as ZD9ZM working in CW and RTTY and some SSB on 10m since Sep 6. Time schedule and online logcheck are available at http://www.dxtechnology.com/zd9zm/ (wrong in DXNL 1213). QSL via K4CIA.
CE - CHILE; CE0Z - JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLAND Rick, PY1VOY, is in Chile for two months starting by mid September and hopes to operate from Juan Fernandez for three or four days.
HP - PANAMA Wil, DJ7AA, Manfred, DK1BT, and Tina, DL6MYL, will operate as HO1A from the station of Guenter, HP1XVH, on Contadora Island (NA-072) between Sep 16 and Oct 1 (and during the CQWW RTTY Contest). Outside of the contest they will emphasize WARC, lowbands for EU/AS and CW. QSL via bureau to DL6MYL or to her CBA. If you like to arrange some skeds or so you can contact them also during the DXpedition sending an e-mail to ho1a@gmx.de. Logcheck, propagation prediction and more can be found on their very nice website http://www.qsl.net/ho1a/.
A5 - BHUTAN On Sep 12 the A52FH team establishes the future clubstation A51AA in Thimphu. After working as XU7ABI they will be joined by Peter, ON6TT, who hopes to get the callsign A52TT, QSL via ON5NT (DXNL 1213).
9A - CROATIA Dusan, 9A/S52DG/p, and Borut, 9A/S52LD/p, are QRV in CW/SSB on 10-40m operating from Krk (EU-136) from Sep 15-18. QSLs via bureau or CBA.
9H - MALTA A group of 17 Dutch amateurs will be QRV as 9H0VRZ and 9H3... , activating EU-023 in SSB/CW on 6-80m between Sep 16 and Oct 8. Check also their website http://www.vrza.org. QSL for 9H0VRZ via PA0JR, Andre van den Bos, Olof Palmelaan 5, NL-9649 BH Muntendam (old CBA).
9H3AAG via PA1XA; 9H3AAH via PA1FR; 9H3AAI via PA0LD; 9H3AAJ via PA0QBS; 9H3AAK via PE1RVQ; 9H3AAL via PA3FYG; 9H3IE via PA0BEA; 9H3LRK via PA0LRK; 9H3OI via PA0OI; 9H3ON via PA3BIZ; 9H3R via PA3BWK; 9H3S via PA3HGP; 9H3SWL via PA2SWL; 9H3V via PE1CAJ; 9H3W via PE1MQI; 9H3X via PE1NGF; 9H3YM via PE1OFJ.
LX - LUXEMBOURG On Sep 28 the Grand-Duke Jean will abdicate for the benfit of his son, heir Grand-Duke Henri. LX0GDJ will be QRV from Sep 18-28 until the moment of power pass over and after this LX0GDH will be QRV till Oct 8 both activated from RL Headquarter Club House in Eisenborn. A special QSL will be issued and sent via bureau for every QSO. RL homepage: http://lx0.restena.lu
T9 - BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA Lutz, DL3BZZ (dl3bzz@agcw.de), is on the air as T99ZZ from Aug until mid Nov 2000. QSL via DL3BZZ.
On Sep 6 thousands of pro-Indonesian militiamen and their supporters stormed a UN office in Atambua, West Timor, killing three innocent people working for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Two of them were radio operators, namely 29 year old Pero Simundza, 9A4SP (aka 4W6SP, T98P,ZA/9A4SP), of Split/Croatia and 33 year old Carlos Luis Caceres, KD4SYB. Amateur Radio and the world have surely lost two true humanitarians. Please sign their book of condolence at http://www.qsl.net/9a4sp/ and http://www.qsl.net/kd4syb/ which will be presented to their families.
DATE CALLS DXNL Oct 8 -Oct 24 3B6RF 1195 NOW 3B8GO 1208 Sep 18-Sep 26 3D2AU 1214 * Sep 23-Sep 28 ?? 3DA (DL6DQW) 1213 Sep 6 -Sep 13 3V8BB (Is+DLs) 1213 NOW -2001 4O8/9X0A 1201 NOW 4W6 (several) 1190-1192, 1196 NOW 4W/OH2BF 1213 NOW UY0MF/5A 1209, 1211 NOW 5B4/G0DEZ 1209 -Sep UA3AGW/5N4 1213 Aug 29-Sep 26 5R8GQ 1211 Sep 9 -Sep 21 5V7VJ 1213 Aug 31-Sep 11 8Q7XX 1212 Sep 14-Sep 28 9A/N0MX 1212 Sep 15-Sep 18 9A/S52DG/p etc 1214 * Sep 9 -Sep 21 9G5VJ 1213 Sep 16-Oct 8 9H0VRZ etc 1214 * Sep 12-Sep 16 9M0F 1213 Sep 3 -Sep 14 A52FH, A52TT 1212, 1114 * Sep/2000 A9 (K4SXT) 1206 NOW -Nov 2 AX8AM 1207 Sep 7 -Sep 23 C91RF 1213 NOW -Nov CE etc (PY1VOY) 1214 * Sep 12-Sep 18 D68/G3OZF 1214 * Mar/99-2001 E4/G3WQU 1140 NOW EM1KY 1185 Aug -Nov/2000 FM/F2JD 1207 Sep 9 -Sep 13 FO0KUZ 1213 NOW -End Aug FS/NP2KO 1207 Sep 16-Oct 1 HO1A 1214 * Jun 10- ?? J28EW 1202 NOW -mid Oct J3/G3TBK 1209 Sep 11-Sep 14 JT1FCP 1213 Apr 7 -Oct 7 JX7DFA 1192 May 8 -Oct/2000 KH5, KH5K 1197-1211 Sep 28-Oct 8 LX0GDH, LX0GDJ 1214 * Jan 1 -Dec 31 R1FJV 1179 Sep 4 -Sep 18 ?? SV5/HA4DX etc 1213 Aug 30-Sep 15 SV5/I3BQC 1212 Sep 6 -Sep 20 SV8/SM7DAY 1213 Sep 14-Sep 26 T30JH 1214 * Aug -mid Nov T99ZZ 1214 * NOW -Sep 15 TK/HB9ASZ 1213 NOW -Summer2001 UA0QBA 1204 -Oct 8 V5 (DL6DQW) 1213 Sep 3 -Sep 13 VK9XV 1212 NOW -Dec/2000 VK0MM 1176-1191, 1197, 1198 Sep 5 -Oct 4 VP5/K4ISV 1213 Aug -Dec/2000 VQ9QM 1208 NOW -Dec/2001 YI9OM 1186 Sep 5 -Sep 25 ZD9ZM 1213, 1214 * Sep 1 -Sep 15 ZK1FGV, ZK1SHJ 1213 NOW ZK1NNP 1211 "NEW": 1214 *
160m 3V8BB 1824 0409Z via DK9IP, bureau 4L1FX 1828 2057Z via RW6HS, direct YV1DIG 1824 0441Z via bureau 80m A52FH 3505 2338Z via F8RZ E41/OK1DTP 3799 1918Z via OK1TD, bureau 40m 3V8BB 7006 2248Z via DK9IP, bureau 5N2BHF 7057 0509Z via OE6LAG, bureau UA3AGW/5N4 7005 0514Z via UA3AGW FO0MOT/p 7012 0507Z via OM2SA, bureau HK1RRA 7049 0448Z via bureau J28EW 7006 0314Z via F5KEE TI3TLS 7036 0457Z via bureau XF1/F6BUM 7004 0235Z via F6BUM 30m 3B8CF 10105 0340Z via CBA A52FH 10106 2232Z via F8RZ DU1/DK3GI 10103 2017Z via DL2MY, bureau HF0POL 10103 0129Z via SP3WVL, bureau HK0VGJ 10107 0356Z via CBA J3/G3TBK 10106 2230Z via bureau YK1AO 10105 0400Z via CBA ZD9ZM 10103 2221Z via K4CIA 20m 3D2AG 14023 0544Z via CBA VK0MM 14003 0726Z see DXNL 1180, QRX ! 17m UA3AGW/5N4 18125 1807Z via UA3AGW 9M6WPT 18077 1513Z via JA1WPX, bureau KH6ND/KH5 18093 1351Z via K4TSJ T88YQ 18074 1455Z via JA3MVI, bureau VU3MCV 18130 1342Z via ON7LX, bureau ZK1FGV 18117 0738Z via WA6FGV 15m 8P6JQ 21265 1844Z via K9JJR FW5ZL 21016 0838Z see DXNL 1191 JT1FCP 21083 0916Z via W8JAY, bureau S92SV 21005 1031Z via SV8CRI, bureau YI1BGD 21205 1531Z via G0MMI, bureau 12m 3B8DB 24939 1527Z via 3B8CF, direct 4W/OH2BF 24895 1241Z via OH2IC, bureau C91RF 24895 1630Z via DL6DQW, bureau EP2MKO 24896 0642Z via UA6HCW, direct J28EW 24905 0756Z via F5KEE JW/DL3NRV 24907 1634Z via DL3NRV, bureau TJ1PD 24940 1525Z via N5DRV, bureau VP5VAC 24945 1238Z via bureau ZD9ZM 24893 1726Z via K4CIA 10m 3D2AG 28028 0900Z via CBA 3W2LC 28450 1644Z via VK6LC, direct 8Q7XX 28505 1612Z via EA4DX, direct A52FH 28475 1121Z via F8RZ C21DX 28495 1738Z FK8GM 28487 0644Z via WB2RAJ, bureau FO0MOT/p 28038 2027Z via OM2SA, bureau JT1BH 28010 0945Z via CBA JW5RIA 28500 1712Z via LA5RIA P29DX 28498 1119Z via EA4CEN, bureau VK9XV 28495 1059Z via PA3GIO, bureau VP5/K4ISV 28550 2053Z via N2AU, also bureau VQ9QM 28022 1710Z via W4QM, bureau
QSL Routes
QSLs arrived bureau: 1B/DL3BQA, 5Z4LI (G3SWH), 6D2X (W5FV), 9A2DM/p, 9A6KZK, 9A99P (9A3FT), 9G5ZW (OM3LZ), 9H3EZ (DL3KWF),9K2/DL2KP, 9K2/OK1TYM, 9K2RA, 9M6AAC (N2OO), 9X0A (DL5WM), A35MQ (DL8NBE), C21SX (G3SXW)
QSLs arrived direct: 8R1AK/p (SA068), AY0N/x (SA087 via LU2NI),AT0VLH,FG5DH, C91RF/p, CO2WL (EA3ELM), D3SAF (I3LLH), EZ8CW (F5RUQ), FO0CLA (F6CTL), PA3GIO/HC8
TNX for information to 425 DXNEWS, 599 DX Report, Antarctic Bulletin/IK1GPG, ARRL DX News, DB0SDX, DF1ZN, DF6EX, DJ3CP, DK2JX, DL1GEH,DL1SBF,DL2BQV,OPDX, DL7PR, F6AJA,G4ZVJ, GOList, HB9AGH, HB9DHK,HB9EAA, Les Nouvelles DX, PA3ARM, MAYER QSL CARDS, ON6DP, PA0JR, QRZ DX, RTTY DX NOTES, The DAILY DX, YU4WU.