DX News Letter 1246
May 28, 2001

DX-NL 1246 - May 28, 2001
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)

DX ANNOUNCEMENTS

BEACHCOMBER ISLAND, 3D2, OC-121 Andre, GM3VLB, is QRV as 3D2LB/p from June 6-8. After that he will go to Fiji.

BLASKETS ISLANDS, EJ, EU-007 EI9HQ and EI4GK are active as EJ9HQ/p and EJ4GK/p from May 31-Jun 3. QSL via homecalls.

BORA BORA, FO, OC-067 W1HIJ is signing FO0SCH on 10/15/20/40/80m until May 31. QSL via W6UFT.

CAYMAN ISLANDS, ZF Jim, K4BI, and Ron, W4WA, will be on the air as ZF2MU from June 6-13.

FAROE ISLANDS, OY, EU-018 Ari, OH7KA/OH3KAV, will sign OY/OH7KA in CW on 20m from June 6-10.

GIBRALTAR, ZB2 Martyn, G3RFX, appears as ZB2FX in CW/SSB/RTTY/PSK31 on 10-80m until Jun 7.

HEBRIDES, GM, EU-112 On May 29 Peter, GM3OFT, started for a trip to several islands of this group. Planned stops are: May 29: Lewis (OH01), in late afternoon from Great Bernera (OH12), May 30-Jun 1: Little Bernera (OH32), June 2-4: Eilean Chaluim Chille (OH33), Jun 5-6: Eilean Lubhard (OH22), Jun 7: Seaforth (OH25) and Jun 8-11: Eilean An Tighe (OH18).

HOUAT ISLAND, F, EU-048 Fabrice, F5NBQ, Pierre, F5RRW, Eric, F5LOW, and Christian, F1SDQ, are QRV as TM1H in CW/SSB on the usual IOTA QRGs on 160-10m from May 31-Jun 4. QSL via F6ANA, bureau ok.

IRIOMOTE ISLAND, JA6, AS-024 JA3MCA, JA0KNM, JJ1EQW will hit the airwaves as homecall/6 in CW/SSB on 80-6m from Jun 1-4. QSL via homecall.

LABRADOR, VO2 Fred, K2FRD, will be active as VO2/K2FRD between June 6 and Aug 31. Look for him on 14215, 14295, 21315, 21415, 28415 and 28515 kHz. More information is available at: http://sites.netscape.net/thefred3/labr1

LAMPEDUSA ISLAND, IG9, AF-019 IW3RI, IK4DRY, I4BTK and IK4CZH are QRV during the International ARI Contest on Jun 2/3. QSL via IK4DRY, bureau ok. Find more information at: http://www.qsl.net/ik4idf/ig9.htm

PRINCIPALITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN, HB0 DF5UL, DL1GGT, DL5EBT and DL6SAQ are on the air for four days starting on Jun 1. They will participate in the IARU Region 1 Fieldday but will also work on 6m and 10 GHz. QSLs via homecalls.

MALDIVES, 8Q7 Phil, G3SWH, is running an IC-706 on a R-7000 antenna signing 8Q7WH in CW on 10-40m from June 4-11. QSL via G3SWH, bureau ok.

MONACO, 3A An Italian group consisting of Fabrizio, IK5GQK, Giuseppe, IK5YOJ, Stefano, IW5BZQ, and Virginio, IW5EDQ, is QRV in SSB on 50210 kHz,in RTTY on 50600 kHz, in PSK31 on 50620 kHz and SSB on 144290 kHz from Jun 1-3. If you like more information check: http://www.mannelli.com/3a/ QSL via IW5BZQ.

OKUSHIRI ISLAND, JA8, AS-147 Take, JI3DST, shows up in SSB on 6-40m signing JI3DST/8 from June 2-4. QSL via JI3DST.

PRINS KARLS FORLAND ISLAND, JW, EU-063 This island is visited very rarely and will be activated by JW0PK from June 1-9. The team consists of Christoph,DL5NAM, Aleksei,ES1CH, Claude,F5PBL, Angelo,I2ADN, Andrea,IK2XDE, Giampaoalo,IK2XDF, Dario,IK4MED, Terje,LA3OHA/JW3OHA, Egil,LA8AV/JW8AV, Marc,ON4AMX, Gerben,PA5NT, Aleksandra,S57FYL, Atila,S53AC, Jacek,SP5DRH, Igor,US0VA, Witold,SP5LCC, and Hector,XE1BEF, and will operate 24 hours a day on: SSB: 1840, 3790, 7060, 14195, 18145,21295,24950,28460,50145,144250 kHz; CW: 1822, 3505, 7005, 10105,14020,18080,21020,24895,28020,50095,144025; RTTY: 14080, 21080, 28080; PSK31: 14071, 21071, 28071 and FM 29200 kHz. QSL via SP5DRH, bureau ok. Check the website: http://www.dxpedition.org

RATHLIN ISLAND, G, EU-122 GN3XRQ is the call of GI4XSF, GI4VIV, G0HWO, MI5AFL, MI0AEX, GI4AAM and GI6JGB from June 1-3.

SAMSO ISLAND, OZ, EU-172 Uwe, DL8DU, is on the air in CW/SSB signing OZ3DU until June 4. QSL via DL8UD.

STROMBOLI ISLAND, ID9, EU-017 ID9S is QRV on 160/80/40/20/15/10/6/2m/70cm between May 31 and Jun 3. This island has the IIA reference number ME 16 and belongs to Messina province (ME). QSL via IZ0EUI. More information via aritivoli@libero.it

UTAH BEACH, F TM6JUN is operating in CW on 3526, 7026, 14026, 21026, 28026, 50206 kHz and in SSB on 3644, 7074, 14174, 21174, 28574, 50200 kHz from Jun 1-10. QSL via F8LDX, bureau preferred!

Stromboli Island

Stromboli is situated at 38 deg 47'North and 15 deg 12'East north east of Sicily. It belongs to the Lipary Islands, the distance to the mainland is 54km, 240km to Napoli and 55km to Sicily. It is only 12,5 sqkm large. There are about 400 people living there in one of the two villages Stromboli and Ginostra. Only in Stromboli there are small cars, to Ginostra you go by water taxi. You can get there by boat only either from Napoli or from one of the surrounding islands.

The climate is mediterranean, summers are dry and hot and there are no brooks or sources then. The islanders are collecting their winter rain in tanks but due to increasing tourism there is an additional tankship bringing water from the mainland during summer times. There are a few hotels and rooms to rent on the island.

Stromboli is a still active volcano, even one of the most active worldwide. His peak "Serra Vancori" is about 924m asl coming directly out of the sea. Its eruptions are mostly coming without any notice in advance that is why trekking tours are only allowed with official guides.

Amateur radio: Prefix ID9, DXCC Italy

QSL Information

QSLs arrived direct: J68ID (W8QID), KH0JA2KTP, KH4/W4ZYV, KP4ES, LZ0A, LZ1NG/1 (EU-181), OD5YJ, OH0LIZ, OH1MM/OJ0, OH3GZ/OH0, P49V, PC50N (PA5BW), PJ6/PA3GIO,PJ8/ND5S,PS0S (SA-014), PW0S, PY2JM (SA-071), RU1A, S07CRS, S07U, S92TX, SO7U, SU1SK, SV9/DL5NKB/p, T30R,T32RD,TA2DS/0 (WA3HUP),TI9CF, TZ6JA, UK9AA, V26B, V26JT, V31GI (NA-180)

QSLs arrived bureau: KH0/JK1ATT, KP2AD (OK1AJY), OH0LIZ, OH1MM/OJ0, S92SV, SU9ZZ (OM3TZZ), T88KM (JR3MVF), V31JP (KA9WON), VP2MHX (W4WX), VP5/W5AO, WP2/WB9Z, XT2OW (DL7UFR), YN2EJG (K5LBU), YN6HM (N5TGZ), ZF2AR (K7AR)

Preview

DATE             CALL            DXNL

Jun 1 -Jun 3     3A/IK5GQK..     1246 *
Jun 6 -Jun 8     3D2LB/p         1246 *
May 30-Jun 9     5R8GY           1245
NOW   -May       5T5YD           1222, 1224
Jun 4 -Jun 11    8Q7WH           1246 *
May 21-May 30    9M6ONT          1245
NOW   -Jun       9Q5BQ           1242

NOW              AH2R            1245
Jun 9 -Jun 20    C9/JA..         1230/1233
NOW              C91MR/3         1244
NOW   -May 31    EJ4GK/p..       1246 *
Dec/00-Jul/2001  FO0CLA          1225, 1239
NOW   -May 31    FO0SCH          1246 *
May 28-Jun 6     GM3OFT          1244, 1246 *
Jun 1 -Jun 3     GN3XRQ          1246 *
Jun 1 -Jun 4     HB0/DL..        1246 *
May 25-May 29    HB0/PA0RDY      1245
NOW   -2001      HC2BEV..        1228
Jun 20-Jun/2001  HC4WW           1203
May              HC8N            1243
Apr 25-Aug 14    HS0ZCW          1241

May 31-Jun 3     ID9S            1246 *
May 23-Jun 3     IG9/F5TGR       1245
Jun 2 -Jun 3     IG9/IW3RI..     1246 *
May 25-Jun 7     J49HW..         1245
Jun 1 -Jun 4     JA3MCA/6        1246 *
Jun 1 -Jun 12    JA6GXK          1238
Sep/00-Aug/2001  JD1BCK          1224
Jun 2 -Jun 4     JI3DST/8        1246 *
May 29-Jun       JT1Y            1244
Jun 1 -Jun 9     JW0PK           1246 *
May 31-Jun 10    JW3OHA          1231
May 25-May 31    JW7FJA          1245
May 27-Jun 2     KU4OJ           1244

Jun 6 -Jun 10    OY/OH7KA        1246 *
May 28-Jun 8     OY9UR           1244
May 27-Jun 8     OZ/DL7VOX       1245
NOW   -Jun 4     OZ3DU           1246 *
May 18-Aug 22    P29IO           1243
NOW              P41T            1245
NOW              P49V            1245
NOW              PU3A            1245
May 24-Jun 1     PY0F            1244
May 27-Jun 3     SV8/ON..        1244
1st week of June TA2KI           1245
May 31-Jun 4     TM1H            1246 *
Jun 1 -Jun 10    TM6JUN          1246 *
May   -Sep       TT8JE           1243

Jun 6 -Aug 31    VO2/K2FRD       1246 *
May 31-Jun 14    VP5/W3RM..      1245
Apr 25-Aug 14    VU/K4VUD        1241
NOW              XX9TKW          1245
NOW   -Jun       ZA1/IK7VJP      1240
NOW   -Jun 7     ZB2FX           1246 *
Jun 6 -Jun 13    ZF2MU           1246 *
May 16-May 29    ZK1EFD          1243

 * = new
...= and other calls

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