DX-NL 1281 February 14, 2002
DX News Letter
a free weekly service of
DARC Committee "DX and HF Contesting"
(http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/)
Editor: Karlfried Henrichs, DL1EK
(PR: DL1EK@DK0MWX.DL.EU)
(e-mail: dxmb@darc.de)
translation by: Bob, DL7VOA
(e-mail: dl7voa@darc.de)
ANTARCTICA, VP8/a Anton, ZS7/ZS4AGA, just arrived at the scientific base "Sanae IV" where he will spend the upcoming Antarctic winter. He intends to be on the air as often as possible during his spare time.
ANTIGUA, V2, NA-100 Ed, N2ED, is QRV as V26EW from Feb 12-18. During the ARRL CW DX Contest he will sign V26G. QSL via N2ED.
BELGIUM, ON The call OP1A will be on the air to promote all activities for "Brugge, cultural capital of Europe 2002" between Feb 20 and Dec 31. QSL via ON5TO.
CHAD, TT Guillaume, F8ARR, is expected to work from the Chad in digital modes and on 6m during his spare time. More details will follow.
CONGO, 9Q Jean-Philippe, 9Q1MM, Cyprien, 9Q1KS, Patrick, 9Q1A, and Nicole, 9Q1YL, are signing 9Q0AR/6 during their work in Goma after the eruption of the volcanoe Nyiragongo until Feb 24. QSL via F2YT.
COSTA RICA, TI TI5KC is the call of Bob, KE0UI. He intends to work mostly in CW on the WARC bands from Feb 18-27. He will sign TI5N (QSL via W3HNK) in the UBA Contest on Feb 23/24. QSL via KE0UI, bureau ok.
DJERBA ISLAND, 3V8, AF-083 Carsten, DL6LAU, is active as 3V8SM from Feb 11-18. He also plans to take part in the ARRL CW DX Contest.
EASTER ISLAND, CE0Y, SA-001 Hartmut, DM5TI,is planning a trip to Rapa Nui between Feb 23 and Mar 2. He will sign CE0Y/DM5TI in RTTY/SSTV/PSK31/Pactor and in CW/SSB. More details can be found on his website http://www.qsl.net/dm5ti/ce0y/.
GHANA, 9G PA3DEW and PA3FQV are showing as 9G1AA mostly on 14.140 kHz around 1730 UTC. They plan to stay until Feb 23. QSL via PA3ERA.
GRENADA, J3, NA-024 On Feb 22 Manfred, DJ7RJ, will fly to Grenada for three weeks to a spot directly at the Atlantic Ocean with a first class take-off to Europe. He plans to operate on 160-6m with a call to be announced later.
GUADELOUPE, FG Henri, F5DBC, plans to work from Les Saintes Island (NA-114) in CW/SSB on 20m during his evening hours from Feb 14-24. QSL via F5DBC.
GUANTANAMO BAY, KG4, NA-015 Don, W4ZYT/KG4ZK, O.B., W4SD/KG4SD, Chuck, N8CH/KG4NW, Gordon, KU4EC/KG4EC, and Chet, N6ZO/KG4ZO, are arriving on Feb 12 and plan to be QRV on 160- 10m during the same afternoon. They will sign KG4DZ in the ARRL CW DX Contest. They plan to stay until Feb 19. QSL via homecalls. KG4DZ via W4SD (new manager)!
HARBOUR ISLAND, C6, NA-001 Bill, K1CN/C6AMM, and his XYL Laurel, N1EBL/C6AWW, are on the air from Feb 14 until Mar 2. QSLs via homecalls, bureau ok.
JERSEY ISLAND, GJ, EU-013 GJ6UW is QRV only for a short period of time (Feb 15-17). Operators are Martin, G3ZAY, and Dominic, M0BLF. QSL via M0BLF, bureau ok.
MARTINIQUE, FM, NA-107 Jean Marc, FM5/F5SGI, is active mostly in CW between Feb 19 and Mar 1. QSL via F5SGI, bureau ok.
MONTSERRAT, VP2M, NA-103 Art, N2NB, is signing VP2MDY on 6-160m from Feb 14-26. QSL via N2NB.
PORTO SANTO, CT3, AF-014 CT3/OE1JIS is QRV in SSB on 10-20m between Feb 15 and Mar 7. QSL is preferred via bureau to his homecall OE1JIS.
SAMOA ISLANDS, 5W, OC-097 Michel, F6COW, and Dominique, F6EPY, are on the air from Upolu (OC-097) signing 5W0MP and 5W0DA from Feb 19-28. They are listening especially for Europe in CW on 3515,7015,10115,14015,18095,21015,24905,28015 and 50085 kHz and in SSB on 3780,7075,14215,18135,21215,24985,28465 and 50125 kHz. QSL via homecalls. Next stop will be Vanuatu.
TEMOTU, H40 Babs, DL7AFS, and Lot, DJ7ZG, are active as H40T until Mar 2. QSLs via DL7AFS. More information is available on their website http://www.qsl.net/dl7afs/.
THAILAND, HS John, W2YR, is QRV as HS0ZDJ from Thailand from Feb 15-19. He will also participate in the ARRL CW DX Contest. QSL via W2YR.
TRINDADE, PY0T, SA-010 PW0T will be the call of the upcoming DXpedition with the operators Andre, PY0FF, Rolf, PY1RO, Peter, PY5CC, Herminio, PY5HSD, Eliso, PT7BZ, Jim, PY7XC, Ciro, PY7ZY, Fred, PY7ZZ, Dick, N6FF, and Bill, W9VA. Latest information will be published on http://www.trindade2002.com. Their departure from Rio de Janeiro was planned for Feb 14.
QSL direct: 5A32, 5H/ZS6GH, 9H1ZA, CE7AOY (SA-064),CE7AOY/8 (SA-091),GU3MBS, H6C, KC4/N3SIG (AN-011), OE6MBG, OY1CT, OZ2ZZZ, T92D,T94M,TG9ADV
QSL bureau: 3D2NV, 3W3SK, CT3FT, FO0MCA, GI0KOW, GT3FLH, JI1PLF (AS-043), LA9VDA/P, OE2S, OE75BJN, P49V, S5V, S50ZRS, S539D, S548X, S573O, T88DX, ZK1FGV
(d) = direct only
(B) = bureau ok
* = new manager
DATE CALL DXNL Feb 11-Feb 18 3V8SM 1281 * NOW -Apr 9 3W2XK 1273 Feb 5 -Feb 27 5H/IK2GZU 1279 Feb 3 -Feb 18 5U 1278 Feb 19-Feb 28 5W0MP .. 1281 * Feb 17-??? 7Q7HB 1280 Feb 10-Mar 9A/ZS6IL 1280 NOW -Feb 23 9G1AA 1281 * NOW -Sep/2002 9L1BTB 1268 NOW -Feb 24 9Q0AR/6 1281 * Nov 15-Mar/2002 9U5D 1268 Feb 12-Feb 17 C6AGS 1280 Feb 15-Mar 1 C6AWW 1280 Feb 23-Mar 2 CE0Y/DM5TI 1281 * Feb 15-Mar 7 CT3/OE1JIS 1281 * May 31-Jun 30 DT0FWC .. 1275 NOW -Mar/2002 EP3PTT 1278 Feb 14-Feb 24 FG/F5DBC 1281 * Feb 13-Feb 20 FG/YL2KL 1280 Feb 19-Mar 1 FM/F5SGI 1281 * Feb 15-Feb 17 GJ6UW 1281 * NOW -Mar 2 H40T 1281 * Feb 1 -Feb 16 HC1MD 1278 NOW -2002 HF0POL 1271 NOW -Feb 28 HG80ST 1277 Jan 1 -May 30 HL17FWC 1275 Feb 15-Feb 19 HS0ZDJ 1281 * Feb 22-Mar 15 J3/DJ7RJ 1281 * Jan 31-Feb 25 J37BO 1279 Feb 1 -Feb 17 J7/DL6FBR .. 1279 Feb 2 -Mar 4 J73CCM 1278 NOW -Apr/2002 JX7DFA 1266 NOW -Mar/2002 KC4/N3SIG 1267 Feb 12-Feb 19 KG4DZ .. 1281 * Feb 14-Feb 18 KH0/JM1LRQ 1280 Feb 11-Feb 18 MD/DL4WG .. 1280 Feb 20-Dec 31 OP1A 1281 * NOW -Apr/2002 P43MR 1274 NOW -2002 P5/4L4FN 1270, 1271, 1280 Mar 5 -??? P5/YT1AD .. 1276 Feb 14-??? PW0T 1281 * Feb 16-Feb 22 PY0AI 1280 Feb 11-Feb 17 S07CRS 1280 NOW -Feb 18 S79EU 1280 Feb 3 -Feb 17 T32IR 1280 Feb 6 -Feb 20 T88DC 1280 Feb 11-Feb 15 TI8/K8OCL 1280 Feb 18-Feb 27 TI5KC .. 1281 * Feb 4 -Feb 16 TI9M 1272 NOW TT/F8ARR 1281 * Feb 12-Feb 18 V26EW.. 1281 * Feb 2 -Feb 16 V31HA 1279 Feb 14-Mar 8 V51/DL2SL 1280 Feb 9 -Feb 17 V73UG 1280 Nov 8 -Mar/2002 VK3FEI/p 1267 Feb 14-Feb 26 VP2MDY 1281 * Feb/2002 XR5SM 1279 NOW -Mar 9 XW0X 1278 Feb/2002 XW/IN3QBR 1279 NOW YA/G4KUX 1278 NOW -Mar/2002 YA/ON4TT 1278 NOW YA0USA 1279 Feb 15-Mar 5 YN/DL7CM .. 1280 NOW -Sep/2002 ZC4BS 1260 NOW ZL5CP 1280 NOW ZS7/ZS4AGA 1281 * * = new .. = and other calls
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