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DX NEWS by Bill Hellman, NA2M

9 June 1998

  

3D2, ROTUMA (and Fiji Islands). Roberto, EA4DX, who you may remember from
last September as 8Q7XX, will be active from Rotuma Island August 29th
to September 19th (3 weeks), and from Fiji (Viti Levu) September 20-24th.
He will sign from Rotuma as 3D2DX and from Fiji as 3D2DX/P. Activity will
be on all bands 160-10 meters including the WARC bands on the usual DX
frequencies. Operations will be on SSB and RTTY. Most of his activity
from Fiji will be on the low bands and RTTY. His equipment includes a
Yagi for 10/12/15/17/20 meters and a vertical for 40/80/160 meters, plus
a 1 kw linear. QSL via EA4DX's callbook address or E-mail QSLs to:
3d2dx@earthling.net. There is a Web page for this operation, and it can
be found at the URL address: http://www.qsl.net/ea4dx/index.html

5X, UGANDA. "The 59(9) DXReport" states that Laurence, GM4DMA, will be
active as 5X1LH throughout July while on a work assignment. Activity
will be between 80-2 meters.

7O, YEMEN. Zoli, HA5PP, reports that he will be going to Sana'a June 1st,
with the help and support of K4TKM and the NCDXF. Before he travels to
Yemen, he will be in Cairo, Egypt for 3 days beginnig May 29th, and he
will be active in the CQWW WPX Contest as SU0ERA on 20 meters. Zoli states
he will be in Sana'a for a month or so. He hopes to get the callsigns
7O/HA5PP or 7O8DX/CW. Also, he will try to get a stamp (CFM) on the copy
of his 7O1A license while there. He then hopes that the 7O1A QSLs will
then be good for DXCC.  QSL via HA5YPP, P.O. Box 1157, Budapest 1245,
Hungary.

8P, BARBADOS. Dennis, K7BV, and his wife Lieska will travel here and
be active from 8P9Z's QTH July 7-14th.  A 8P callsign will not be assigned
until their arrival on the island.  Dennis will operate CW extensively on
all HF bands and RS12 prior to the IARU HF Contest July 11-12th (He is
expected to enter the contest as a Single Op/All Band High Power CW
category).  As is always the case when Dennis operates from the
Caribbean, he will make special effort to catch as many Asian band
openings as possible. Whenever possible, he will respond to 9BDXCC
QSY requests. QSL via K7BV CBA.

9K2HN/P OPERATION DELAYED. Hamad, 9K2HN, reports that he had to delay
his operation to Kubar Island (AS-118) due to a conflict. His friends
(not hams) who were going to join him on this trip to the island are
taking final exams now!!

9N, NEPAL. Charlie, K4VUD, will once again be active as 9N1UD. He states
that he will arrive in Nepal on July 7th, and plans to stay until the
middle of November, 1998.

A25, BOTSWANA. Dave, ZS6RVG, and Dick, ZS6CAL, will be active as
A25/ZS6PDX from June 11-17th. They will be working mainly RTTY and SSTV
looking to work JA, but as with their 7P8 trip in January they will also
work SSB and CW. 

AP, PAKISTAN. The "DX News Sheet" reports that Amir, AP2AGJ, is a newly
licensed ham in Karachi. He has been heard on 17 meters (18150 kHz) SSB.
Look for him between 1500 and 1800z. QSL direct to: Amir Gulistan Janjua,
Governor House, Peshawar, Pakistan.

FO0, NODXA MEMBERS TO ACTIVATE AUSTRAL AND THE MARQUESAS ISLANDS ON RTTY.
Northern Ohio DX Association members Bill/W8JGU and John/K8YSE will
operate from Rurutu (OC-050, Austral Islands) and Nuku Hiva (OC-027,
Marquesas Islands) with the main focus on RTTY. Their tentative schedule
is to operate from Rurutu Island from June 8-12th and Nuku Hiva Island
from June 14-18th. There may be some operating from Tahiti as well.
John and Bill will sign FO0PAP and FO0MAC, respectively.  These may
count for BRAND NEW RTTY entities once voted and approved by the DXAC.
Look for them on RTTY on 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 meters on the
usual frequencies.  At times there will be 2 stations on the air with
one on RTTY and the other on CW or SSB.  They will try to give attention
to Europe as openings permit.  Operations on 80 and 160 meters is reported
unlikely.  All QSL requests go to K8OU. ADDED NOTE. Since John is the
caretaker of the OPDX Web page the site will not be updated for the
next two weeks.

FO, AUSTRAL ISLANDS (Possible new DXCC entity!). Albert, FO5JR, will leave
Tahiti on July 20th and arrive on Rimatara Island (IOTA OC-050) on July 
22nd, in the Austral Island group. He hopes to start his activity on July
24th or 25th. He will stay there until August 13th. He will be active only
on CW around 14010 and 21010 kHz. PLEASE NOTE: He doesn't like pile-ups
and needs a "normal" QSO (which includes a name and QTH). QSL via home
callsign

HS, THAILAND. The 59(9) DXReport states Yoh, 7L1MFS, will be active June
11-13th as HS0/7L1MFS from Samet Island. Operations will be CW/SSB on
40-10 meters.

KH2/NH2/WH2, GUAM. Dave, N2NL, reports that he will be living on Guam for
at least the next 2 years and hopes to be very active during this time.
Dave will be active as N2NL/KH2 operating mostly CW on the WARC bands
and 20 meters RTTY. During the upcoming weekend, he plans to be active in
the CQWW WPX CW Contest signing either /NH2 or /WH2. PLEASE, QSL ONLY via
his QSL Manager, W2YC. Any cards sent direct to Dave must be fowarded to
W2YC as he keeps all of Dave's logs which he E-mails to him weekly.

SU, EGYPT. Ahmed, SU1AH, in Cairo, has been active on 20 meters RTTY
recently. Check around 14080 kHz between 2130 and 2300z.

TF, Iceland. Sigi, DL7DF, and his crew (Tom/DL7BO and YL, Ben/DL7BY, 
Frank/ DL7UFR, Wolfgang/ DL2NWK) will be active from June 15th to 
June 21th. We will operate especially on the low bands and on CW, 
but SSB and RTTY are also possible. QSL via DL7DF.

ZL8, KERMADEC ISLAND. Bob, ZL1RS, will be on Raoul Island in the Kermadec
Island Group (which is 1000 KM N.E of ZL-lans), from June 28th - July
17th.  His work on the island has priority, so ham radio activity will
be sporadic. Look for ZL8RS on all bands from 160-6 meters, mainly on
SSB with some CW on 160 meters and 30 meters. There may also be some
RTTY activity if Bob can borrow a laptop.  QSL via ZL1RS only 97/98
CBA: R Sutton, 109 Wright Rd, RD2, Katikati, NEW ZEALAND

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IOTA NEWS

BI4, PING ISLAND (New IOTA!).  A group from Jiangsu Province of China
are planning to be active as BI4Q from Ping Island either June 13-14th or
June 20-21st. Ping Island is in the Huanghai Sea, 62 miles east of the
cosat. This will be the first time anyone has activated this island, so
no IOTA number has been issued. They will on 80-6 meters (including the
WARC bands) on CW and SSB, using a 1KW AMP, A3S, R7000 and dipoles. The
team consists of Jin/BA4TA, Deal/BA4TB, David/BD4RF, Ken/BD4RD, Chen/
BD4SE and possibly others.

GM, SCOTLAND. Look for F5VCR and G3OCA to be active from July 10-17th
from various Scottish islands (NH07, NH13, NH26).

EU-032. Patrick, DL4VBP, reports that he will activate EU-032 during
his holiday from June 6-20th. He will operate from two French Atlantic
coast islands: "Ile de Re" and "Ile d'Oleron" (both EU-032). Besides
operating SSB, he will also be active on CW and RTTY.
   
EU-090. The Radio Club Split, 9A2A (9A1AKL) is planning to activate
Palagruza Island during IOTA contest. The callsign will be 9A8P, same
as the previous expedition. QSL via 9A1AKL, bureau or CBA.

MU, GUERNSEY. Tom/DL4SZ and Arno/DL1CW will be active from here June
10-13th, signing MU/DL4SZ/p and MU/DL1CW/p, respectively. Arno will be
active on CW only, but Tom will be active both SSB and CW.

EU-148. F5BJW, F5XX, F5RDI, F5UOE and F1CLO will use the callsign
TM5B from Fort Brescou, June 12-14th. They will be active on all
bands CW and SSB. QSL via F5XX.

EU-167. The Pessegueiro Island DXpedition home-page is now available
at the URL address: http://www.terravista.pt/meco/1597

RARE IOTA. A team of 8 operators (CT1CJJ, CT1EEB, CT1EEN, CT1END, CT1ENQ,
CT1ETZ.... the 7th and the 8th operator will be announced at a later date)
will be active between July 24th and the 27th from Pessegueiro Island
IOTA EU-167. QSL each callsign/portable via the home callsigns. QSL CQ2P 
via CT1EEN.

EJ7, GREAT SALTEE ISLAND (IRELAND)IOTA EU-103. The WestNet DX Group will 
operate from Thursday, June 25th, until Monday, June 29th. The callsign 
for this operation will be EJ7NET. ALL stations worked will be QSLed via 
the bureau.

Mauro, I1JQJ, 425 DX News Editor, reports that a new IOTA Reference
Number, AS-133, has been issued as a result of the recent operation
by XUX0, to Cambodia's Gulf of Thailand group.

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QSL INFO AND NEWS.....

Peter, ZS6PHD, reports that South Africa has rejoined the UPU and
   IRCs can now be used within South Africa. The current cost for IRCs
   is SAR 5-00, which is worth slightly under 1 USD. The airmail rate
   for postal items up to 10 gram is R 1-90 to anywhere in the world,
   so one IRC is more than enough for ZS-land.

   Steve, K9VX, reports that the turn-around time for his EP2MKO QSLs
   from UA6HCW is about 4 months.  He just received his card for a late
   January contact, via regular air mail.

   The 3W6KA logs are now available on the WEB.  Check the URL address
   at: http://njdxa.org/3w6log-check.html

   Jose, CT1EEB, reports that the 1997 Kure Island DXpedition (K7K) Web
   page is up and running.  The site contains inoformation and photos.
   Check out the URL address: http://www.qsl.net/ct1eeb/index.htm
   
   QSLs for CT98ELP, as well as CQ7ELP (used in WPX SSB Contest), are
   via CT1ELP. The address is: Pedro Pedroso, P.O.Box 116, 2806 Almada
   Codex, PORTUGAL

   DX Log Search for Andy, 9X0A, can now be found on the Web. Logs for
   his 9X/RW3AH, 9X0A, and 9U/9X0A operations can be found at:
             http://www.qsl.net/n6ed/9x0a.html

   Kingman Reef, Johnston and Howland Island QSL cards. Mac, WA4FFW,
   reports that all QSL cards for the February-March operations from
   N4DAZ/KH3 Johnston Island and for N4BQW/KH5K, Kingman Reef have been
   mailed. If you sent a QSL for one of these station's contacts along
   with a card for the Howland, WA4FFW/NH1, in the same envelope, you will
   have to wait until the Howland cards go out. Gene/WJ4T, Joe/N4DAZ and
   Mac are beginning to process the Howland at the present time and expect
   to have them  completed in the next few weeks. Harold, K4AU, reported
   to Mac that he is current with all QSL cards received to date for the
   Howland SSB operations K4AU/WH1. Mac also reports that all cards for
   the previous operations of Chuck, N4BQW, from Palmyra, Tern, Kure and
   Midway have been caught up and have been mailed. They appreciate
   everyone's patience as post DXpedition requirements have consummed
   more time than expected.


QSLs for J45KLN for activity during 1998 should be sent to Goran,
SM0CMH, via the Swedish QSL bureau or direct to: Goran Lundell,
Algovagen 11, S13336 Saltsjobaden, Sweden.

QSL TJ1GD via: SP9CLQ, Andrzej Kluja, ul. Aleksandry 9/25
30-887 Krakow, Poland

C21NI INFO. Jack, VK2GJH, who was active in the Pacific as T30JH,
C21JH, V63JH,... etc., has been getting many QSL cards (mostly from
overseas) for C21NI. C21NI used to be the callsign of the Nauraun
Amateur Radio Club which is now defunct. Jack operated from C21NI
until about November 1991, and he is happy to QSL the contacts before
that date, and also QSOs made with his own callsign C21JH since that
date. However, he is unable to QSL C21NI contacts after November,
1991, and will return the cards if reply postage was included. Jack
is not a member of the Bureau and all QSLs should be sent direct to:
Jack D. Haden, P.O. Box 299, Ryde, NSW, 2112, Australia.

TA QSL BUREAU SERVICE. Yuksel Hak, TA1BY, Secretary of the Turkish
Amateur Radio Society, reports that all QSL correspondence should be
made to the following mentioned address as of May 1, 1998: TRAC,
QSL Bureau, P.O. Box 699, 80005 Karakoy, Istanbul - TURKEY

VM4AA, NOT A PIRATE. If you have worked "Macka" VM4AA from Queensland,
Australia, he was Not a pirate. The holder of this unique callsign,
the ONLY one amateur callsign in Australia with a VM prefix, is a
retired Royal Australian Air Force Squadron Leader (AFC,AFM,AE), who
is now 87 years old. Macka was first licensed in 1932 as VK3FX. The
special callsign VM4AAA was awarded to him in 1983 by the then-Minister
of Communications of Australia in recognition of extended participation
in amateur service. The callsign VM4AAA in 1997 was modified to VM4AA.
Keith McCarty known by his amateur name as "Macka" is not often on
the bands, but from time to time he can be found around 14020 kHz or
near using his only mode of activity - CW.

SV, GREECE (Now on 6 meters). Manos G. Darkadakis, SV1IW, R.A.A.G. General
Secretary, informs OPDX that Greece is now using the 6 meters band on a
secondary basis (primary use reserved for the Greek army), therefore the
Greek ministry does not issue licences for visitors (either reciprocal
or CEPT) for that band. Any operation from Greece, Crete or Rhodes from
amateurs other than Greek citizens is illegal.

VK9, LORD HOWE ISLAND. Nick, VK2ICV, is currently looking for 3-4 contest
operators willing to operate from VK9LX during the CQWW CW Contest in
November. The VK8LX team will spend 10 days on the island. Nick states,
"All equipment will be on Lord Howe prior to contest - just bring your
laptop and tooth brush." If interested, contact Nick via E-mail at:
watchman@tig.com.au -- To look at last year's operation, check the Web
site: http://www.watch4you.com/vk9lx

Several have asked for K6SLO (ex-WA6SLO). Here it is: Richard Whisler,
716 Hill Ave, South San Francisco, CA 94080-4242.

INTERNET DX CHAT ROOM AVAILABLE.  Doug, N6RT, reports to OPDX that he
has set up a "IRC DX Chat Room". The room name is #CQDX and it can be 
found on the InderNet IRC network. Doug has put up a WEB page at the 
URL address http://members.home.com/dab/dxchat.html which describes how 
it can help DXers and how to get there.

UPCOMING DX CONVENTIONS......
The 46th Annual W9DXCC Convention and Banquet will be held this year
on September 12th at the Holiday Inn in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Some
of this year's presentations will include and be conducted by:
Tim Totten, N4GN,  - "H40AA Temotu Islands DXpedition"
Newly appointed DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L. - "DXCC 2000" 
W9PRN, K9KM and NC1L -  "ARRL Forum"
The dinner banquet speaker will be Fred Laun, K3ZO. For more additional
information about the convention contact Chairman Bill Smith, W9VA,
by phone (874) 945-1564 or by his E-mail address: w9va@aol.com
Also, check the W9DXCC Web page at: http://www.qth.com/w9dxcc

The dates for the annual DX Convention for the Northwest, hosted this
year by the Western Washington DX Club, is July 17-19th. The convention
will be held at the Double Tree Inn at South Center in Tukwila (just
South of Seattle). Several good forums have been organized by Ward,
N0AX (the quiz master), and Mike, N6MZ. The Saturday dinner banquet
speaker will be Ralph, K0IR, talking on "The Southern Ocean - A DX
Odyssey". DXCC card checking will be handled by Bill Moore of the ARRL.
For a flyer and/or more information contact: Joe, W7QN, Chairman at
(206) 784 1089. Or write to: WWDXC, W7DX, Box 395, Mercer Island,
WA 98040.

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