DX-NL 1335 April 10, 2003
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)
ASCENSION ISLAND, ZD8 Jim, N6TJ, will be on the air again as ZD8Z. He plans to work in SSB/CW on the WARC and lowbands from Apr 16-26. QSL via VE3HO, direct ONLY!
AUSTRALIA, VK, OC-new Thomas, VK3ZZ, Keith, VK3FT, Jack, VK3WWW, and VK3QI will operate from Waldegrave Island in the South Australia State West Centre Group which has no IOTA reference yet from Apr 16-21. The call will be announced later.
EAST TIMOR, 4W Peter, G3WQU, is staying there since the beginning of April. He prefers operating in CW, the call will be announced later.
ECUADOR, HC The HCDX Group is visiting Muisne Island from Apr 8-11. Operation is planned on 10/15/20/40m but the callsign is not known yet. QSL via EA7FTR, Francisco Lianez Suero, Asturias 23, E-21110 Huelva,Spain.
FRANZ JOSEF LAND, R1/fjl Val, RD3AF, is signing R1FJ in SSB/CW/RTTY on all bands from Apr 3-13.
GRENADA, J3 Hugo, HB9AFH, and Uli, HB9CGA, will sign J3/homecalls from Apr 12-23. They intend to work mainly in CW at the lower band edges and some SSB on 10-80m. QSL via HB9CGA, bureau ok.
GUAM, KH2 Yoshi, JE2EHP, will sign K1HP/KH2 in CW/SSB on 80-6m from Apr 11-14. QSL via JE2EHP, bureau ok.
GUINEA, 3XY Leo, UT1WL, is working in Conakry at the moment. His callsign is 3XY1L and he plans to operate on 20/15m (later also on 40m) during his spare time after 1800 UTC and during the weekends until the end of the year. QSL via UY5XE, bureau ok.
GUINEA BISSAU, J5 Miguel, EA5IK, will be on the air during his spare time from Apr 12-15. QSL via EA5BY.
HIDDENSEE ISLAND, DL, EU-057 DH7AX, DH1LA and DL2VFR are active in SSB/CW on 80-10m until June 1.
JOHNSTON ISLAND, KH3 John, KH3/KT3E, will be QRV during the next months. Good chances for a QSO may be on 14185 kHz around 0615 UTC. QSL via John Lee, PO Box 153, APO AP 96558 Johnston Island, USA.
KENYA, 5Z Jan, 5Z4BK (DJ8NK), and Tom, 5Z4BL (DL2RUM), are working in CW/SSB/RTTY until Apr 12. QSLs via homecalls.
MADEIRA, CT3 Ben, DJ8FW, is signing CT3AS in CW/RTTY/PSK31 on 15-80m from Apr 9-21. QSL via DJ8FW.
MALDIVES, 8Q Riccardo, IZ5EBL, and Rossella, IZ5BRO, will sign 8Q7RL and 8Q7RC in SSB/CW/PSK31 on 40-10m from Apr 13-21. QSLs via homecalls.
MIYAKO ISLAND, JA6, AS-079 Taka, JR3TVH/6, will activate this island from Apr 11-13. Operation is planned in SSB/CW/RTTY on 6-40m. QSL via JR3TVH.
PHILIPPINES, DU Frank, VE7DP, is visiting some islands in the IOTA groups OC-126, OC-202 and OC-207 from Apr 6-18.
SADO ISLAND, JA0, AS-117 JA1KJW/0, JJ1JGI/0, JK1EBA/0 and JN1IKT/0 are on the air in CW/SSB on 6-160m from Apr 10-13. QSL via bureau.
SHELL ISLAND, W, NA-085 John, WA4JA, is visiting this island in Florida (USI FL401S) from Apr 7-11. QSL via WA4JA, bureau ok.
SOLOMON ISLANDS, H4 Bernhard, DL2GAC/H44MS, will return home to Germany on Apr 13.
ST PETER and ST PAUL ROCKS, PY0/s, SA-014 ZW0S is hitting the airwaves during the first two weeks of April. Joca, PS7JN, intends to work mainly in SSB on 20/15/10m. QSL via PS7JN. More information is available online at http://www.qsl.net/ps7jn/.
SWITZERLAND, HB9 The clubstation HB9MM may use the call HE2MM between Apr 1 and Dec 31. QSL via bureau.
SYRIA, YK Saad, N5FF, plans to activate the station YK1BA on 10-40m during his visit to Damascus from Apr 11-27. Look for him on 14195 kHz (SSB) or 14045 kHz (CW) operating split (up 5-10 kHz). QSL via N5FF.
TEXEL ISLAND, PA, EU-038 Peter, PA/DL4FCH, will be active only in CW on 10/15/20/40/80m from Apr 11-17. Find more information online at http://www.niksch.de/dl4fch/.
WESTERN SAHARA, S0 Hrane, YT1AD, Marq, CT1BWW, Fernando, EA1BT, Julio, EA5XX, Max, I8NHJ, Juan Carlos, EA2RC, Jordan, KD7RCD, Doug, N6TQS, Miki, YU1AU, and other operators from Spain intend to hit the airwaves as S05X from Apr 16-22. They will run three stations simultaneously in CW/SSB/RTTY on 2-160m. Their pilot station will be EA5RM (ea5rm@ure.es). QSL via EA4URE.
QSL bureau: 3Z6V, 5N3BHF, 7S2E, 7X0DX (DL4DBR), 7X0MT (F5MSR), 8Q7WU, 9N7IG, 9G1UW (DL8UP), 9K2F (AS-118), A25/JA1ELY, A52B(JR7TEQ), AH7U, AY5E/D (SA-021), CV1F, CY0MM, D44TA (OE5XVL), DL9SUB/p (EU-098), E4/OE1GZA, EA4DX/HK0, EU6DX, FY5KE (F6BEE), H40T (DL7AFS), H44LG (DL7AFS), H44ZG (DL7AFS), HL0EXN/4 (AS-148), K1NU/VP9, L44D/D (SA-021), N2HNQ/6Y5, OQ6AA, PJ9/PA0VDV, PW6AI (SA-019), PW0PP, PY5CK,R1MVI (OH2BR),RA3NN/1 (EU-153),RA6AU,RI1P (EU-102), S21YH (7M4PTE), SV0JD/SV8 (EU-072, DL6NBA), SV3/DJ5JH, V26BA, V26E (AB2E), V51LK (DJ4LK), YA5T, YB0DX (OC-021), ZL2AL, ZS4TX
QSL managers
(d) = direct only
(B) = bureau ok
* = new manager
DATE CALL DXNL NOW -Dec/2003 3XY1L 1335 * NOW -Apr/2003 7Q7HB 1324 Jan 14-Apr 14 7Q7LA 1325 Apr 5 -Apr 20 8P6DR 1334 Apr 13-Apr 21 8Q7RL .. 1335 * Mar 23-Apr 10 9Y4/DL7DF 1333 Mar 19-Mar 14 A35WE/SP9FIH 1332 NOW -Apr/2003 A4/IV3NCC 1328 NOW -May/2003 A71ROG 1331 Mar 5 -Apr 15 BX3/DJ3KR 1330 NOW -2004 CN2PM 1310 Apr 11-Apr 13 CO0S 1334 Apr 9 -Apr 21 CT3AS 1335 * NOW -Feb/2004 D2U 1332 NOW -Nov 30 D88S 1323 NOW -Jun 1 DH7AX .. 1335 * NOW -Mar/2004 DS4BHW 1333 NOW -2005 EL2TM 1315 NOW -Apr 13 H44MS 1330/1335 * Apr 1 -Dec 31 HE2MM 1335 * NOW -Jun/2003 J28UN 1312 Apr 12-Apr 23 J3/HB9AFH .. 1335 * Mar 28-Mar 31 J37K 1334 Apr 12-Apr 15 J5/EA5IK 1335 * Apr 5 -Apr 12 J79K/AA1K 1334 Apr 10-Apr 13 JA1KJW/0 1335 * NOW -Dec/2003 JM6DZB/JD1 1324 Apr 11-Apr 13 JR3TVH/6 1335 * Apr 11-Apr 14 K1HP/KH2 1335 * NOW KH3/KT3E 1335 * Apr 10-Apr 16 OH0CO 1335 * Mar 24-Apr 3 OY8PA .. 1333 Apr 11-Apr 17 PA/DL4FCH 1335 * Apr 3 -Apr 13 R1FJ 1335 * Apr 16-Apr 22 S05X 1335 * Feb 28-Jun/2003 ST1MN 1329 Mar 16-Mar 31 ST2CF 1332 NOW -Aug/2003 ZS5WC/ST0F 1324 Apr 7 -Apr 12 TM6ILE 1334 Mar 23-Jul 1 TU5CD 1333 Nov 20-Apr/2003 V3/K8JP 1317 Apr 2 -Apr 14 V63JE 1334 Apr 16-Apr 21 VK3QI 1335 * Apr 7 -Apr 21 VK9XI 1334 NOW -2004 VQ9LA 1323 Apr 7 -Apr 11 WA4JA 1335 * Apr 3 -Apr 13 XF3RCC 1334 Mar 31-Apr 17 XF4KQ 1334 Apr 11-Apr 27 YK1BA 1335 * NOW -Mar 31 YU8/K6MD 1331 NOW -Apr 12 ZB5BL .. 1335 * Apr 16-Apr 26 ZD8Z 1335 * NOW -Mar 28 ZF2HW 1331 NOW -Apr 13 ZW0S 1335 * * = new ... = and other calls
TNX: DJ2YE, DJ5AV, DK8JB, DL1SBF, DL2BQV, DL2HX, DL2VFR, DL7VOA,LU7DR,LU7DW, PY2YU, PY2ZX, SP9FIH, T93Y, UA9OS, UT3ZU, UT5RP, W9DX, WA2VUY, XE1BEF, 425 DX News, ARRL DX Bulletin, Crazy DX Group, F6AJA (Les Nouvelles DX), N4AA (QRZ DX), KB8NW (OPDX Bulletin), Islands On The Web, W3UR (Daily DX).