DX News Letter 1201
June 5, 2000

DX-NL 1201 - June 5, 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)

PACIFIC

3D2 - FIJI Ron, ZL1AMO, left for a several week operation as 3D2RW from Fiji on Jun 3. QSL via ZL1AMO.

9M6 - EASTERN MALAYSIA; V8 - BRUNEI During his holidays Hans, DF5UG, hit the airwaves as 9M8QQ from OC-088 only (and not from Pulau Setang OC-165). He intends now to operate as V85QQ from Pulau Muara Besar (OC-184) on 14260, 21260, 28460 and perhaps 7040 kHz from Jun 10-12. QSLs via DF5UG.

AFRICA

5R - MADAGASCAR Sigi, DJ4IJ, is working in Madagascar and hopes to become QRV some time between Jun 8-17.

AMERICA

OX - GREENLAND A big team from Denmark, the Netherlands and Greenland activated the station OX2K on HF/VHF/UHF, EME and 6m between May 31 and Jun 4. Online logcheck at: http://www.qsl.net/ox2k/. QSL via OZ1ACB.

EUROPE

MJ - JERSEY Ronan, MJ/F5TJP/p, will be QRV on 10-80m from Les Minquiers (EU-099) from Jun 9-11. QSL via F5TJP.

OH0 - ALAND ISLANDS Kari, OH1HD/OH3RB, Juha, OH1KAG/OH9MM, and Marko, OH1MYA, will be active as OH0RB from EU-002 from Jun 9-11. Operation will take place in CW/SSB/RTTY on 160-10m with emphasis on RTTY/WARC. QSL via OH3RB.

OY - FAROE ISLANDS YL Gabi, OY/DG2TM, Frank, OY/DL2SWW, and Ric, OY/DL2VFR, are QRV on EU-018 between May 30 and Jun 8. They are working mostly in CW, some SSB and some RTTY on the IOTA QRGs on 2-160m. They are operating four 100 watt stations with beams and verticals for 2/6/10/15/20m. QSLs via homecalls, via bureau or direct. Logcheck will be available on their homepage after their return: http://www.qsl.net/dl2vfr/ or http://www.iota-post.de.

SV - GREECE Phil, SV8/G3SWH, intends to work in CW only on 10-40m from the island of Mykonos (EU-067) during the morning and evening hours of his holiday from Jun 14-21. QSL via bureau to G3SWH or his CBA.

SV9 - CRETE Walt, SV9/G3NYY (QSL via G3NYY), Tim, SV9/G4VXE (via G3SWH), Dave, SV9/G4FRE (via WW2R), and YL Meg, SV9/G7FRE (via N2NQI) were announced to hit the airwaves from EU-015 from Jun 9-16. They plan to operate in CW/PSK31/RTTY/SSTV/Hell on 160-6m (also WARC) with only little SSB on 6m.

YU - YUGOSLAVIA After a two year break Andy, RW3AH, is back again in Pristina/Kosovo operating as 4O8/9X0A in SSB and CW. He will stay there until 2001. QSL via RW3AH, Box 899, Moscow 127018, Russia.

ZA - ALBANIA Marty, ZA/N5NW, is QRV mostly in SSB on 15/20m from Tirana during his spare timne from Jun 10-17. More activities may happen during the year. QSL via KB4KA or via bureau to N5NW.

CONTESTS

ALL ASIAN DX Contest CW: Jun 17, 0000Z until Jun 18, 2400Z. Bands: 10-160m. Work: stationen in Asia. Exchange: RST+age. If you don't like to reveal your age you may send RST+00. There are a few rule changes. Please check the JARL homepage at http://www.jarl.or.jp/English/0-2.htm.

Preview

DATE              CALL           DXNL

Oct 7 -Oct 23     3B6RF          1195
Jun 3 -Jun 23     3D2RW          1201 *
May   -Nov/2000   3W2LC          1198
NOW   -2001       4O8/9X0A       1201 *
NOW               4W6  (several) 1190-1192, 1196
Oct   -Sep/2001   5X1GS          1166
Feb 1 -Feb 1      8J1RL          1193
May 28-Jun 10     8J7WGC etc     1200
Jul 12-2002 ?     9V1XE          1157

Apr 19-July       A45ZN          1194
1999  -2001       A92GJ          1143
Jun 4 -Aug 15     BT0QGL         1200
NOW               CE0 (KM9D)     1199
Mar/99-2001       E4/G3WQU       1140
NOW               EM1KY          1185
May 10-Jun/2000   ET   (G3MRC)   1197

May 30-Jun 12     FG/F5SNY       1199
Feb 26-Aug/2000   FH/TU5AX       1185
NOW   -2001       FK8VHY         1160, 1168
Nov/99-??         FR5DC          1193
NOW               FR5FD          1168
NOW               FR5ZQ/G        1198, 1199
Nov/99-Oct/2000   FT5WI          1191
Jan 7 - ???       FW5ZL          1191

Apr/99-Mar/2002   HS/JR5XPG      1141
1999  -2001       J28FF          1171
NOW   -2000       J87AB          1193
NOW   -Jun/2000   JD1BKR         1169
May 22-Jun/2000   JT4Y, JU4Y     1199
Apr 7 -Oct        JX7DFA         1192
NOW   -Aug/2000   JY9NE          1190
NOW   -2002       KH2/K4ANA      1162
NOW   -2002 ?     KH4 (NH6D)     1200
May 8 -Oct/2000   KH5, KH5K      1197-1199

Jun 9 -Jun 11     MJ/F5TJP/p     1201 *
May 31-Jun 4      OX2K           1201 *
May 30-Jun 8      OY/DL2SWW etc  1201 *
Jan 1 -Dec 31     R1FJV          1179
Apr 15-July/2000  S511E - S588S  1194
NOW   -May 30     SV5/DL3DRN     1200
May   -Oct/2000   SV5/IK2WZD     1196
Jun 14-Jun 21     SV8/G3SWH      1201 *
Jun 9 -Jun 16     SV9/G3NYY etc  1201 *
NOW   -2000       SV/OK1YM       1177

May 27-Jun 10     TK/DL2SBY      1200
NOW   -Jul/2000   TT8JLB         1193
NOW   -2000       UN7/DL4BBU     1155
Jun 10-Jun 12     V85QQ          1201 *
NOW   -Dec/2000   VK0MM          1176-1191, 1197-1198
      -Sep/2000   XE1/NP2AQ      1142
NOW   -Late 2001  YI9OM          1186
Jun 10-Jun 17     ZA/N5NW        1201 *
Jun/99-2000       ZS8D           1191

"NEW": 1201 *

Bandspots of the last 7 days

160m
   nil

80m
   OY/DL2SWW   3514  2209Z via bureau

40m
   FY/F5KEE    7030  0456Z via F8BXI
   HK0VGJ      7007  0313Z direct
   VQ9NL       7004  2031Z via W4NML

30m
   BV3/DJ3KR  10102  1952Z via DH3MG, bureau
   OY/DL2VFR  10101  2020Z via bureau
   TI5/N0KE   10105  0643Z
   VP9/DL3OCH 10109  2256Z via DL3OCH

20m
   4O8/9X0A   14198  0729Z via RW3AH, bureau
   T30ED      14183  0536Z see DXNL 1157
   VK0MM      14003  0525Z see DXNL 1180, QRX !
   ZK1JD      14243  0720Z Jim, via Box 491, Rarotonga, Cook Islands

17m
   3B8FG      18072  1302Z via CBA
   4W6GH      18160  1340Z via CT1EGH, direct
   9M2TO      18123  1735Z via JA0DMV, bureau
   E4/G3WQU   18080  2233Z via bureau
   FK8GJ      18074  2022Z via F6CXJ, bureau
   HC5AI      18073  2205Z via bureau
   P43JB      18070  2114Z via OH6ZS
   VP9/DL3OCH 18075  2308Z via DL3OCH, bureau
   VU3MCV     18146  1656Z via ON7LX, bureau
   XW2A       18071  1949Z see DXNL 1200

15m
   4W6SP      21273  1400Z via 9A2AA, bureau
   9M8QQ      21265  2004Z via DF5UG, direct
   BV9G       21275  0630Z via BV8BC
   JT1FCZ     21015  1508Z via I1QOD
   KH2/K4ANA  21033  1517Z via bureau
   TG9NX      21223  1424Z via N4FKZ, direct
   XV7TH      21295  1018Z via SK7AX, bureau

12m
   5R8FL      24930  1415Z via F5TBA
   9V1RH      24932  1634Z via bureau
   FH/TU5AX   24950  1451Z via F5OGL, bureau
   FO0CLA     24904  0841Z via F6CTL
   FR5GQ      24935  1539Z
   J28NH      24895  1550Z via F5IPW, bureau
   JW/DL3NRV  24893  0903Z via bureau
   KH0/JH1IWW 24898  1116Z
   OY/DL2VFR  24893  1613Z via bureau
   P43E       24945  1815Z via bureau
   V51AS      24908  1413Z via CBA

10m
   5N9CEN     28497  1757Z via IV3VBM
   CE0ZIS     28476  1920Z via CBA
   E4/OK2BZM  28478  0910Z via OK2BZM
   EM1KY      28495  1649Z via UT7UA, bureau
   FR5ZQ/G    28020  0829Z via CBA FR5ZQ
   FG/F5SNY   28460  1648Z via F5SNY
   FW5ZL      28492  0942Z via Box 2, 98600 Matautu, Wallis&Futuna, France
   FY/F5KEE   28040  1913Z via F8BXI 
   JT1Y       28485  0938Z via I0SNY
   OX2K       28495  1029Z via OZ1ACB, bureau 
   PZ1FK      28520  1848Z via CBA 
   TT8JA      28520  1506Z via F5RWE 
   VK8PW/8    28410  1046Z via VE8RZ, bureau 
   VQ9VK      28028  1205Z via N1TO 
   VR2LC      28468  0623Z via CBA or bureau 
   ZD7VC      28495  1726Z via ON4CAT, direct

INFO

QSL Routes

Following HAMs were honored at this year's HAMVENTION in Dayton/Ohio: Martti Laine, OH2BH, as "Amateur of the Year 1999", FO0AAA (Clipperton) as "DXpedition of the Year 1999", Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW, editor of the OPDX, for his special service, Chod, VP2ML (sk), and John, N4MM, were elected into the "DX Hall of Fame", Walter, DJ6QT, and Tree, N6TR, were elected into the "Contest Hall of Fame".

Online logs of 4W6EB can be found at: http://www.qsl.net/4w6eb/
Online logs of BI4L can be found at: http://www.7388.org

Paul, ON6DP (on6dp@worldonline.be) offers a new version of his QSLMGR.EXE with 54.786 QSL routes, which can be downloaded at: http://www.qsl.net/on6dp/

QSLs arrived bureau: 5H3/IK2GZU, 5Z4GS (WB2YQH), 9A1CZZ/p (EU110 via 9A2DM), 6W2/ON4QM, 9J2FR (IK2RZQ), A45XM (A47RS), D2BB (W3HNK), E30LA (I2YDX), H40AA (OH2BH), HK0/W4DC,HV4NAC (IK0FVC), J3/IK6CAC, J8OK (OK1RD), J80R (EA2BP), WE8P/KH6, KP4CQ, P43DJ, P43P

QSLs arrived direct: EA9AZ, FO0AAA (N7CQQ), XW2A (JA2EZD)

TNX for information to 425 DXNEWS, 599 DX Report, Antarctic Bulletin/IK1GPG, ARRL DX News, CQDL, DE1JSH, DF1ZN, DF6EX, DJ3CP, DK2JX, DL1GEH, DL1SBF,OPDX, DL2BQV, DL7PR, F6AJA, GOList, HB9AGH, HB9DHK, HB9EAA, IK7JTF, LU4AAV, OM5AW, Les Nouvelles DX, MAYER QSL CARDS, ON6DP, PA3ARM, RTTY DX NOTES,The DAILY DX and others.