DX-NL 1217 - October 2, 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)
4W - EAST TIMOR Dennis, 4W/K7BV, Made, YB9BV, and Dick, 4W/N6FF, intend to operate with two stations especially on 40-160m (1827.5 kHz, 5 up) in the beginning of October. Pilot station is Rod, WC7N. QSL via KU9C. Check also ther website http://www.qth.com/k7bv/timor/
FO - FRENCH POLYNESIA Baldur, DJ6SI, shall stay on Tahiti. No further information on possible radio activities.
KH0 - MARIANA ISLANDS Yama, JA1SGU, and Kazu, JJ1KZI, are operating as KH0T and KH0V from Saipan (OC-086) from Oct 5-8. They work mostly CW on 80-10m (also WARC). QSLs direct to their homecalls. --- Hide, JF1VXB, is working as KH0M from Saipan working in SSB/CW/RTTY/ PSK31 and amplifier on 80-6m from Oct 5-10 (and in Oceania Contest). QSL via JARL bureau to JF1VXB or direct to his CBA.
KH5 - PALMYRA ISLAND Mike, KH6ND/KH5, shall return to Palmyra these days. He already has about 22.000 QSOs in his log! QSL via K4STJ.
T8 - PALAU Kazuo, JA3ART, and Katsuji, JR3KFX, shall be on the air as T88JJ and T88FX from Palau (OC-009) working in SSB/CW/RTTY/PSK31 on 6-80m from Oct 6-9. Emphasis will be put on RTTY and WARC. QSLs via bureau to their homecalls or direct to their CBAs (JA3ART: Kazuo Ebihara, Box 62, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8691 Japan). --- T88NK (QSL via JA2AAU), T88IC (via JA2AIC), T88FO (via JR2FOR), T88MI (via JJ2KYT) shall be QRV in SSB/CW/SSTV on 40/20/15/10/6m and on 10m FM from Oct 4-7.
VK9N - NORFOLK ISLAND After attending an international YL meeting in New Zealand a YL team formed by G0FIP, JR3MVF, LA6RHA, OH1MK, R3/SM0FIB, SM0HNV, SM0UQW, VE7YL, VK3DYL, VK4SJ, VK6DE, VK6YF and ZL2AZY will activate AX9YL from OC-005 from Oct 5-12. They plan to appear with noticeable SSB and CW signals even without beams and power amplifiers. QSL via VK3 bureau or direct to the CBA of Gwen, VK3DYL (with SAE and sufficient return postage).
YJ - VANUATU Hrane, YT1AD, and Dragan, Z32AU, did not appear as YJ0 but as YJ2AD and YJ2AU. QSLs via homecalls.
3B6 - AGALEGA ISLAND Officials of the newly elected Mauritius Government have asked the team to postpone the expedition for 2-3 weeks for security reasons. Since there are only two regular ships per year heading to 3B6 they have to postpone their activity for six months until May 2001. Right now they have to cancel their flights, the air freight, get the two tons of customs cleared equipment out of Zurich airport, ship the antennas back to Force12, the radios back to Germany and store the rest of the equipment in some stores for six months. Nevertheless they will stick to their information policy and publish a bulletin for the DX community on a monthly basis. More information is still available at: http://www.agalega2000.ch
9G - GHANA Bart, PA3GGM, and three more OPs are QRV as 9G1AA (and personal callsigns) working on 20/40/80m (perhaps also 160m and 6m SSB) from Oct 6-24.
C6 - BAHAMAS Lanny, W5BOS/C6A, will be on the air from Cay Sal Bank (NA-new) for two or three days starting on Oct 6 or 7. QSL via W5BOS.
XE - MEXICO Gabi, XE2/HA3JB, and Bill, XE2/W5KAU, will hit the airwaves in CW/RTTY/PSK on all bands on Oct 6/7. QSL via bureau or direct to the CBA of HA3JB.
VU - INDIA VU2HF2000 was QRV in CW/SSB on 10-40m celebrating the Y2K Hamfest in Hyderabad between Sep 30 and Oct 2. QSL via Jose, VU2JOS.
SV/A - MOUNT ATHOS Monk Apollo hits the airwaves with the special callsign SY2A from Oct 1 until the end of the year. QSL via the CBA of SV2ASP.
OH0 - ALAND ISLANDS Mikko, OH0/OH3FM (QSL via OH3FM), Jussi, OH0/OH3YM (via OH3YM), Pertti, OH0LQK (via OH3LQK), Alpo, OH0MFP (via OH3MFP), and Markus, OH0KCB (via OH3RM) are active from EU-002 especially in CW and RTTY on 10-80m between Sep 30 and Oct 7.
OJ0 - MARKET REEF OJ0/DL7SEP was worked on 30 and 40m. QSL via DL7SEP, length of stay unknown.
OCEANIA DX Contest SSB: Oct 7, 1000 UTC till Oct 8, 1000 UTC. Bands: 10-160m Work: Australian and Oceanian stations. Exchange: RS + serial number.
DATE CALL DXNL
Oct 1 -Oct 20 3A/DJ7RJ 1216
Oct 8 -Oct 24 3B6RF 1195, 1215, 1217 *
Nov 3 -Nov 17 3B8 (DL7DF etc) 1216
NOW 3B8GO 1208
Oct 5 -Oct 10 3D2AD, 3D2AU 1216
NOW 3XY2D 1216
NOW -2001 4O8/9X0A 1201
NOW -Feb/2001 4W6FK 1216
NOW 4W/K7BV etc 1217 *
NOW 5B4/G0DEZ 1209
Oct 3 -Oct 9 5V7DF ?? 1216
Sep 30-Oct 9 8Q7AB 1216
Oct 6 -Oct 24 9G1AA etc 1217 *
Sep 16-Oct 8 9H0VRZ etc 1214
Oct 25-Nov 11 A3 (DJ7ZG etc) 1216
Sep/2000 A9 (K4SXT) 1206
NOW -Nov 2 AX8AM 1207
Oct 5 -Oct 12 AX9YL 1217 *
Oct 6 -Oct 10 W5BOS/C6A 1217 *
NOW -Nov CE etc (PY1VOY) 1214
Mar/99-2001 E4/G3WQU 1140
Sep 28-Oct 5 EA6/HA6NL/p 1216
Aug -Nov/2000 FM/F2JD 1207
NOW ? FO (DJ6SI) 1217 *
May -Nov 25 FO0DEH 1215
Jan 7 - FW5ZL 1191
NOW -mid Oct J3/G3TBK 1209
Oct 5 -Oct 8 KH0M 1217 *
Oct 5 -Oct 8 KH0T, KH0V 1217 *
NOW -2002 ?? NH6D/KH4 1200
NOW AGAIN KH6ND/KH5 1217 *
May 8 -Oct/2000 KH5, KH5K 1197-1211
Sep 28-Oct 8 LX0GDH, LX0GDJ 1214
Sep 30-Oct 7 OH0KCB etc 1217 *
NOW OJ0/DL7SEP 1217 *
Sep 28-Oct 12 SV9/HA4XG/p 1216
Oct 1 -Dec 31 SY2A 1217 *
Oct 6 -Oct 9 T88JJ, T88FX 1217 *
Oct 4 -Oct 7 T88NK etc 1217 *
Aug -mid Nov T99ZZ 1214
-Oct 8 V5/DL6DQW/p 1213
NOW -Dec/2000 VK0MM 1176-1191, 1197, 1198
Sep 5 -Oct 4 VP5/K4ISV 1213
Sep 30-Oct 2 VU2HF2000 1217 *
Oct 6 -Oct 7 XE2/HA3JB etc 1217 *
Oct 10-Oct 15 XT2 (DL7DF etc) 1216
Oct 5 -Oct 13 XU7ABD 1216
Oct 2 -Oct 5 XU7ABF 1216
NOW -Dec/2001 YI9OM 1186
Sep 28-Oct 5 YJ2AD, YJ2AU 1216, 1217 *
Sep 30-Oct 23 YJ0AYL, YJ0AZG 1216
"NEW": 1217 *
160m 4X4DK 1823 0315Z via VE3MR, bureau HO1A 1824 0412Z via DL6MYL, bureau YK1AO 1828 0303Z via CBA YV1DIG 1822 0416Z via bureau 80m FM5GU 3796 0316Z via KU9C HO1A 3785 0454Z via DL6MYL, bureau VP5/K4ISV 3793 0248Z via N2AU, also bureau 40m 5N2BHF 7054 0456Z via OE6LAG, bureau DU1/DK3GI 7005 2114Z via DL2MY, bureau HC8GR 7070 0509Z via N5KO, also bureau HK0VGJ 7006 0343Z via CBA XE1IDJ 7003 0437Z via bureau 30m 3B8CF 10104 0250Z via CBA HF0POL 10106 0031Z via SP3WVL, bureau OY3QN 10104 1735Z via OZ1ACB, bureau VK0MM 10103 0756Z see DXNL 1180, QRX ! 20m A35RK 14183 0724Z via W7TSQ, bureau VK0MM 14195 0652Z see DXNL 1180, QRX ! XU7ABF 14176 1849Z via XW2A, see DXNL 1216 17m 3DA0RF 18070 1557Z via DL6DQW, bureau E4/G3WQU 18070 1745Z via bureau KL7HF 18076 1801Z via bureau VK9NS 18070 1809Z via CBA VP5VAC 18145 1139Z via bureau YJ0AYL 18142 0823Z via DL7AFS, bureau 15m 9Y/DL2RVS 21245 1752Z via DL2YY, bureau KH6XT 21289 1800Z via bureau YJ0AZG 21295 0609Z via DL7AFS, bureau 12m 8Q7AB 24905 1126Z via W7MP A61AJ 24950 0914Z via W3UR, bureau A35AD 24899 0907Z via YT1AD, bureau BV3/DJ3KR 24892 0801Z via DH3MG, bureau EP3HR 24904 0744Z via I2MQP, bureau J28NH 24944 1333Z via F5IPW, bureau P43E 24945 1742Z via bureau TF2WD 24940 1316Z via bureau TR8IG 24960 0827Z see DXNL 1155 VQ9GB 24905 1435Z via K7GB, bureau YJ2AU 24945 0946Z via Z32AU, bureau 10m 3B8GL 28500 1042Z via 3B8CF, CBA 3D2TC 28530 0821Z via CBA 3W7CW 28014 0901Z see DXNL 1202 BT4HAM 28495 1115Z via BY4RSA, direct FW5ZL 28010 0732Z see DXNL 1191 HK3JJH 28460 1509Z via CBA HO1A 28495 1717Z via DL6MYL, bureau J28LP 28508 1514Z via F8UNF J69BB 28472 1641Z via CBA J87AB 28438 1444Z see DXNL 1151 JT1FBX 28495 0714Z via JG5PJJ, bureau PJ7/OE2MON 28468 1657Z via bureau TR0A/p 28460 1041Z via G3OCA, bureau TR8CA 28522 1501Z via F6CBC TU5GD 28539 1555Z via N5FTR, bureau VP8/UT1KY 28495 1323Z via UT7UA, bureau YJ2AD 28504 0931Z via YT1AD, bureau
QSL Routes
QSLs arrived via buro: PA3GIO/HC8, J3A (WA1S), J37K (W8KKF), J68AZ, J73CCM (SM0CCM), OH0Z, PJ8/W1HL, R1ANP (Feb 2000, RW1AI), T32PO (N5PO), TM2K, TP50CE, V26YR (W2YR), V31KR + V31KX (W5FKX), ZK1HCU (DL9HCU), ZM7ZB (DJ4ZB).
QSLs arrived directly: CE0Z/OH3JF, S21VJ + XW2A (G4ZVJ), SU9ZZ (OM3TZZ), TT8JLB (F5BAR), YC1CVA, YC1LND.
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