DX Newsletter 1072: November 17, 1997

DX Newsletter 1072
November 17, 1997

DX-NL 1072 - November 17, 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)

PACIFIC

JD - MINAMI TORISHIMA Ryoichi, JL1KFR/JD1, has been announced for Nov 25 until Dec 15. During his spare time from 0900-1100 UTC he mostly works 10-80m CW. QSL to Ryoichi Tojo, #1-102, 5-37 Miyazaki 2 chome, Cyuo-ku, Chiba, 260-0806 Japan. - Take, JG8NQJ/JD1, stays also on Marcus Island between November 25 and February 20, 1998. QSL via JA8CJY, Susumu Sin Sanada,5-15, 5-4, Shin-Ei, Toyohira, Sopporo, 004 Japan.

KH0 - NORTHERN MARIANAS JH0YKS, JA0IXW, JH0AKT, JF0WIR, JE0WTU and JI0EYA were announced as KH0/homecall on 10-80m in SSB and CW. QSL via homecalls.

KH2 - GUAM Bill, NH6D, finished his job on Midway and went to Guam from where he should be active as NH2/NH6D since Nov 1. The Midway Kure DX Foundation helps him with his antennas for the WARC and lowbands. QSL via N6FF.

AFRICA

3B8 - MAURITIUS Jaques, 3B8/F6HMJ, shall be active on all bands from Nov 26 until Dec 12.

9G - GHANA G4ZVJ/9G5VJ, G3VMW/9G5SW, G4WRD/9G5WD and KC8CRA will sign 9G5VJ in the WWDX CW Contest. QSL via bureau to G4ZVJ or via e-mail to: andy@g4zvj.demon.co.uk. Outside of the contest they will work with their own calls.

C5 - GAMBIA Old-timer Mako, C56/JA1OEM, will be active for one month starting on Nov 24. QSL via JA buro or to M Toyofuku, Box 9, Sawara 287, Japan.

AMERICA

8P - BARBADOS John, 8P9HT, will be QRV in CW on 160m and WARC from Nov 25 until Dec 2. During the WWDX CW Contest he will sign 8P9Z. QSL via K4BAI.

C6 - BAHAMAS Hank, K8DD, AC8W and N8KR were announced to appear as C6A/K8DD from Nov 25 until Dec 1 (including WWDX CW). QSLs via homecalls.

CO - CUBA Members of the Swedish SK0UX club and the local Las Tunas Clubs are conducting a joint venture operation as T48RCT during the WWDX and between Nov 24 and Dec 7. Outside of the contest they'll work also in SSB and RTTY. QSL via SK0UX. The QSLs can be obtained from the internet only a few hours after the QSOs. Check their homepage at: http://ham.te.hik.se/clubs/sk0ux and send the QSLs to the DXCC...

J8 - ST VINCENT AND GRENADINES Volkmar, DF9SS, shall be active in SSB/CW/RTTY between December 22 and January 9. for 160 meters he carries a 20m vertical with him. He is still looking for a QTH on St Vincent with a good take off to the east. QSLs via DL2MDZ.

KP2 - US VIRGIN ISLANDS Dan, K4FXN, will sign WP2Z during the WWDX CW and from Nov 27 until Dec 6. QSL via bureau to KU9C or via Steve, Box 5953, Parsippany, NJ 07054, USA. (Now also for other activities of WP2Z.)

VP2E - ANGUILLA ISLAND Bud, AA3B, will be QRV as VP2EEB in the WWDX and from Nov 25 until Dec 2. QSL via AA3B.

ASIA

3W - VIETNAM For the island activities (DXNL 1071) F6BFH and his team got the call XV8FP. They MUST work either on 7063, 14263 or 21263 kHz in SSB or CW only. They will stay in Vietnam until November 30. QSL via F6BFH.

9M2 - WESTERN MALAYSIA Don, 9M2/G3OZF, will stay on Pangkor Island (AS-072) from Nov 24 until Dec 2 (also in WWDX CW). QSL via G3OZF.

A6 - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES David, K3LP, and Rich, KE3Q, are working on the antennas of A61AJ and will be QRV on all bands in CW and SSB (also WWDX) from Nov 22 until Dec 2. QSL ONLY for this activity via K3LP (ex AA6DC). - All other A61AJ activities NOW via W3UR (ex WR3E, see DXNL 1071). - Dave, KA5TQF, Tom, WT2O, and Al Mur, A61AH, are QRV as A61AH/p from Sirat Al Khwar (AS-124) Nov 17-19 and from AS-021 on Nov 19/20. QSL via KA5TQF.

A7 - QATAR From Nov 23-25 Dave, KA5TQF, Tom, WT2O, and Ali, A71CX, will be QRV as A72O from IOTA AS-088. QSL via KA5TQF.

HS - THAILAND Nodir, EY8MM, belongs to the E22AAA team which is allowed to work also on 80m and 160m during the WWDX CW. - Ralf, DL2FDK, will be QRV again as HS0/DL2FDK on 10-40m in SSB/RTTY and Pactor between November 26 and January 19. He and HS2CRU will activate Koh Samet (AS-107) in the Gulf of Thailand from Dec 10-22. The call should be E22DL. QSLs for all stations to DL2FDK via buro or direct.

VU - INDIA Jim, VK9NS/VU2JBS, is now back in Australia. He was not successful with his other plans (DXNL 1069).

EUROPE

SV9 - CRETE Karl, J49IL, is announced in SSB/CW and for the WWDX CW from Nov 25 until Dec 3. QSL via homecall DJ5IL.

CORRECTION

5R/FH - MADAGASCAR/MAYOTTE Contrary to DXNL 1070/71 the team-mate of DJ1RL is NOT DK8FB but Klaus, DJ9DX. Therefore QSL for 5R8FX via DJ9DX.

CONTESTS

WWDX CW Contest: Nov 29, 0000 UTC until Nov 30, 2400 UTC. Bands: 10-160m. Exchange: RST+WAZ/CQ Zone.

Preview

DATE          CALL           DXNL

Nov 26-Dec 12 3B8/F6HMJ      1072 *
      -Nov 30 3W (XV8FP)     1071, 1072 *
Nov           4I9RG          1070
Nov 25-Dec 4  5A1A, 5A7A ?   1057
Nov 19-Dec 10 5V7A  etc      1071
now           5V7BC          1071
Nov 21-Dec 2  AG9A/6Y5 etc   1068
Nov 25-Dec 2  8P9HT          1072 *
End of 97     9G1AA          1050
End of Nov    9G5VJ etc      1072 *
Feb 14-Feb 24 9M0C           1057
Nov 24-Dec 2  9M2/G3OZF      1072 *
      -Dec    9U2L  ?        1068

Dec 17-Dec 21 A43XXV         1065
Nov 17-Nov 19 A61AH/p        1072 *
Nov 22-Dec 2  A61AJ (Ws)    1072 *
Nov 23-Nov 25 A72O           1072 *
Nov 24-Dec    C56/JA1OEM     1072 *
Nov 25-Dec 1  C6A/K8DD       1072 *
Nov 22-       N5XG/C6A       1071
End of Nov    E22AAA         1072 *
Nov   -Dec    EP    (SP5INQ) 1052
Nov 15-Nov 28 FH/DJ1RL etc   1070, 1072 *
Nov 17-Dec 5  FR/DJ4VW       1070
Oct 5 -Nov    FT5?/FR5HR     1066
Dec   -Feb    FT5WG          1071
Nov 21-Dec 1  GD4UOL         1071
End of Nov    DL1HCM/HI8     1071
      -Nov 24 HR    (N6CLI)  1069
Nov 26-Jan 19 HS0/DL2FDK     1072 *
Nov 17-Dec 10 HS/G4JMB       1070

Nov 25-Dec 3  J49IL          1072 *
Dec 22-Jan 9  J8/DF2SS       1072 *
Nov 25-Feb 20 JG8NQJ/JD1     1072 *
Nov 25-Dec 15 JL1KFR/JD1     1072 *
Oct 10-Apr    JX3EX          1066
Nov 22-Nov 25 KH0/  (JA0s)  1072 *
Nov 1 -       NH2/NH6D       1072 *
Nov 3 -Dec 1  OX/OZ8AE       1070
soon          S21ZA          1065
Nov 19-Dec 2  T32BE          1071
Nov 24-Dec 7  T48RCT         1072 *
      -Dec    TZ6VV          1070
now           V5/DL7UFS      1071
Nov 23-Dec 1  VK9LX          1071
Nov 25-Dec 2  VP2EEB         1072 *
Nov 27-Dec 6  WP2Z etc       1072 *
Nov 21-Nov 23 XF3/XE3HLR etc 1071
      -Nov 30 XV8FP          1071, 1072 *
Oct 29-       ZD8V           1069

"NEW": 1072 *

Bandspots of the last 7 days

160m
   7X2RO      1833  2240 via OM3CGN, also bureau
   EM1HO      1829  0249 via I2PJA, bureau
   EY8AM      1830  2323 via DF3OL, bureau
   FM5BH      1828  0024 via F6HEQ, direct
   JY9QJ      1827  2235 via DL5MBY, bureau
   TF8SM      1821  2304 via bureau
   VP8CTR     1828  0458 via DL5EBE, bureau

80m
   AP2N       3800  1706 via AP2MMN
   D44BC      3798  0620 via CBA
   HL1JV      3794  2042
   P43JB      3507  2332 via OH6ZS
   TT8KM      3502  1647 via F6FNU, direct
   YS1RRD     3793  0649 via W3HNK

40m
   3D2RW/R    7007  0643 via ZL1AMO, also bureau
   5X1S       7006  2051 via DF2RG, bureau
   D2BB       7008  2059 via EA4BB, bureau
   TU5SO      7004  1515 via YU1KN
   VP8CTR     7045  0532 via DL5EBE, bureau

30m
   9J2BO     10103  0432 via W6ORD
   9Y4KB     10111  2101
   HC5AI     10102  2256 via CBA
   KH8/N5OLS 10103  0534 via N5JA
   ZK1DI     10104  0424 via DK1RV, bureau

20m
   C21NJ     14030  0705 via Box 205, Nauru
   DS0CX     14195  0754 via HL2WA or bureau
   FK8GU     14122  0750
   FT5ZG     14278  1532 via REF bureau
   KH0AC     14222  0753 via K7ZA
   V73NN     14016  0945 via W3HVN

17m
   BV7FC     18072  0917 via bureau
   DS5USH    18135  0940 via bureau or CBA
   TL8PL     18120  1522 via F5LNA
   VU2JBS    18073  1058 via VK9NS, direct
   ZL4DJ     18158  0838

15m
   4I9RG     21288  1007 via DU9RG, bureau
   9N1HA     21025  1021 via Box 10091, Kathmandu, Nepal
   BD4ED     21005  0730 via Ed, Box 085299, Shanghai, China
   HC5AI     21023  1359 via CBA
   HI3CVV    21249  1406 via DL2GGA, bureau
   P43DO     21225  1355 via W4WSZ
   TT8KM     21005  1351 via F6FNU, direct
   VU2JBS    21023  0915 via VK9NS, direct
   VP8CTR    21278  0911 via DL5EBE, bureau

12m
   3DA0CA    24901  1235 via W4DR, bureau
   8P9DX     24892  1458 via VE3ICR
   9J2DR     24890  1151 via Box 30062, Lusaka, Zambia
   BV2KI     24935  1134 via bureau
   DS5RNM    24950  0842 via Box 49, Taegu 705600, Philippines
   EM1HO     24900  1405 via I2PJA, bureau
   EX8MLE    24943  0838 via IK2QPR, bureau
   K9AW/KH2  24897  0846 via WF5T, also bureau
   VP8CTR    24907  1008 via DL5EBE, bureau
   ZL2AGY    24900  0820 Tony, via bureau
   XE3AJM    24902  1430 via bureau

10m
   4F3CV     28013  0954 via HB9CXZ, bureau
   5N0T      28530  0931 via F2YT, bureau
   8P9DX     28025  1134 via VA3DX
   9G1BJ     28515  0943 via G4XTA, direct
   Z21CS     28450  1505 via Box 264, Kwekwe, Zimbabwe

INFO

QSL Routes

3A7G via bureau or to: Association des Radio Amateurs de Monaco, Box 2, MC-98001 Monte Carlo
4N0S via YU7JDE, Box 20, 24400 Senta, Yugoslavia
5J2X via Beto, HK3DDD
7X4AN Mohamed Boukhiar, 10 Rue Louis Lumiere, F-18000 Bouvges, France
9A20D via 9A1CRD
9A640KC (Nov/Dec 97) via bureau or the CBA of 9A3KQ
9Q5TE via SM0BFJ
A22EW NEW: via KB2MS (ex KB2UCO)
AH6/AH0R via JH6RTO
DJ1RL via bureau or to Theo See, Breulgasse 13, D-63477 Maintal, Germany
DJ9DX via Klaus Woerner, Marktstr. 148, D-60388 Frankfurt, Germany
FJ/F6BUM direct ONLY to Jack, F6BUM
IK0XBX Fucelli Francesco, Str S Lucia 38, I-06125 Perugia, Italy
JY5SK via W9XY
RZ3Q (since Nov 1, 97) via Roman, N2UCK
SM7CRW (EU-037) now via Joe, W3HNK
T98PSR via F5WN
TJ1HP via F6FNU, direct ONLY
U3AJ via Boris A. Ermilov, Box 650, 113093 Moscow, Russia
UE6FST via RZ6HWA
VI0ANARE and VK0ANARE: Alan, VK4AAR, manages now both calls after many of the incoming cards turned out to have the wrong manager on it. Simon, VK1AUS, continues to manage VK0TS and will forward all QSLs for VK0ANARE to Alan. The VK0ANARE logs will arrive not earlier than by the end of December!
VY7A via VE7DUG
XE3LMV Manuel Villa Vargas, Av. Aleman 90, Chilpancingo, Guerrero 39000, Mexico

QSLs arrived via bureau: 3C5Z (N6ZZ), 3V8BB (DF2UU), 9H1DE, 9Q5HX (IK2MRZ), A35UF (DL5UF), AP2TM, ET3BN (DL1JRC), EY8AM (DF3OL), J28PP (F5PWH), JD1BIY, JY9QJ (DL5MBY), P49V (AI6V), SU3AM (DL3FCM), NU2L/VE8 (G3ZAY), ZK1DI (DK1RV), VK8KTC, VQ9IE (WY8Q), ZL7ZB (DJ4ZB)

QSLs arrived directly: 3B8CF (WF5E), 4F3CV, 7X4AN (WF5E), J29RAD (F5LBM), BO0M (BV2KI), YB8ZY, EP2MKO, FH/DJ2BW, K1EFI/VP9, TF/OK1CZ, T32BI (KH6DFW), TY1IJ (DK8ZD), YC8TXW, YC8VHU, XF3/OH7XM (QSO Feb 96)

TNX for information to 425DXNEWS, 9A3KQ, ARRL DX News, DF1ZN, DF2SS, DF6EX, DJ2EV, DL1GEH, DL1SBF, DL2FDK, DL2VFR, DL3NEO, DL7PR, DL7VOA, DL8DXL, OPDX, DXPRESS, GOList, HB9AGH, JAPAN DX News, Les Nouvelles DX, Lyon DX Gang Ass, QRZ DX, QSL ROUTES, The DAILY DX, VK2SG RTTY DX Notes, VK4AAR and others.