DX News Letter 1310
September 19, 2002

DX-NL 1310 September 19, 2002
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

ALBANIA, ZA Vlado, Z35M, will stay in Albania for the next few years. In the moment he is signing ZA/Z35M in CW/SSB on 10-80m. QSL direct to Z35M, Vladimir Kovaceski, Box 10, Struga 6330, Macedonia.

APPLEDORE ISLAND, W, NA-217 Tony, WF1N, and Lou, W1DIG, are working in SSB on the usual IOTA QRGs on 40/20/17/15/10m from Sep 20 (2000 UTC) until Sep 23 (1200 UTC). QSL via bureau.

BAHAMAS, C6 Al, K3TKJ, is signing C6ALW from Andros Island (NA-001) between Sep 13 and Oct 13. Besides HF he also plans to activate 6m. QSL via K3TKJ.

BARBADOS, 8P, NA-021 8P2K plans to participate in the CQ WWDX RTTY Contest (Sep 28/29). QSL via KU9C.

CANARY ISLANDS, EA8, AF-004 Robert, F6BED, Gerard, F5YD, and Roger, F6BDE, are activating several Canary Islands: Hierro Island from Sep 16-18, La Gomera from Sep 20-23, and Teneriffa from Sep 25-27. They are QRV in CW/PSK31/SSB on 40/20/15/ 10/6/2m. QSLs via homecalls.

CRETE, SV9, EU-015 Uli,DJ9XB, will spend his holidays on Crete and will sign J49XB in the CQ WWDX RTTY Contest on Sep 28/29. Before and after the contest he will work in RTTY/PSK31/Hell and on the WARC bands.

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC of CONGO, 9Q Es, ON7UN, is staying in the Democratic Republic of Congo during the last two weeks of September. His callsign is not known yet. He plans to visit also Gabon, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Mozambique during the next six months. QSL via ON4ACA.

EAST MALAYSIA, 9M6, OC-088 9M6LSC will be the call of Shun,JH7IMX, between Sep 26 and Oct 1. He will also take part in the CQ WWDX RTTY Contest. QSL via JH7IMX.

FRANCE, F The special event station TM4ENN will be QRV on 40/20/15/10/2m between Sep 26 and Oct 9. QSL via F6BZH, bureau ok.

INDONESIA, YB YE7V is another special event station celebrating the Indonesian Royal Palace Festival. It will be on the air in SSB/CW/RTTY/SSTV on 15-80m from Sep 22-30. QSL via YC7WZ.

ITALY, I IU1DCI is the third special event station during the meeting of the friends of the "DCI" (Italian Castles Award) on Sep 21/22.

LUXEMBOURG, LX A large group of Dutch ham's will be active as LX/PA6Z from Sep 21-28. Activities will take place in SSB/CW/RTTY on 160-6m but emphasis will be put on RTTY and the WARC bands. The operators will be Peter, PA2PKZ, Arend, PA2AWU, Herman, PA0TEN, Roel, PA1DYK, Harry, PA3HEP, Frans, PA5CA, and Jan, PA5RA. QSL via PA1KW, bureau ok.

MALAWI, 7Q Ely, IN3VZE, plans to operate as 7Q7CE from Lake Malawi between Sep 22 and Oct 8. QSL via IN3VZE, bureau ok.

MOZAMBIQUE, C9 C98DC, Babs, DL7AFS, and Lot,DJ7ZG, will be on the air as C98DC from Bazaruto Island (AF-072) for two weeks starting on Sep 24. They will work in SSB on the usual DX frequencies. More information is available on their website http://www.qsl.net/dl7afs/. QSL via DL7AFS.

OKI ISLAND, JA4, AS-041 JI5USJ/4 and JI5RPT/4 are QRV in SSB/CW/RTTY/PSK31 on 160-10m from Sep 20-24. QSL via bureau.

REUNION, FR, AF-016 Bernie, FR/F6BLK, will be active mainly in CW from Sep 23-29. He will then move on to Mayotte! QSL via F6BLK.

SIERRA LEONE, 9L Zbyszek (Zbig), SP7BTB, is signing 9L1BTB in SSB on 12/15/17/20/40m most likely until the end of the month. QSL via SP7CDG.

SRI LANKA, 4S, AS-003 Japanese radio amateurs are working on 160-10m (including WARC bands) from Sep 20-25. The announcement states the QSLs for 4S7GXG, 4S7GGG, 4S7YHG, 4S7CHG, 4S7FAG, 4S7QHG, 4S7IJG, 4S7YJG and 4S7DBG should be sent to the homecalls but those calls were not announced unfortunately.

TURKEY, TA Mill, LX1CC, is signing YM3CC from Selcuk since Sep 13. He is QRV mainly on 12/17m until Oct 1. QSL via LX1CC, bureau ok.

WESTERN SAHARA, S0 Peter, G3WQU/CN2PM, is working for the Moroccan administration in Western Sahara. He is QRV in CW/PSK 31 during his spare time and his stay is planned until the end of 2004. QSL via Peter McKay, MINURSO, PO Box 80000, Laayoune, Western Sahara, Morocco.

QSL Info

QSL direct: 5B4/AI5P, 7Q7AH (G0IAS), 7X0DX, BX3/DJ3KR, CT3EE, EA6NP, EK3AA, FR5FD, GU0SUP, HI8ROX, IS0OMH, JY9QN, KH6SX, PY0FF (W9VA), TK/IK2UKW, VK9CI (JA0SC), XQ1ZW, YB0IR, Z35M, ZD7DP, ZF2SO

QSL bureau: 9K2RA, 9M0M (K7XN), FP/K9WM, FW5ZL, HC8N (W5UE), KH0/JJ9QXG, KH0/JQ1NGT, T88SW (JH7IMX), XX9DTX

QSL addresses

QSL managers

(d) = direct only
(B) = bureau ok
* = new manager

Preview

DATE            CALL          DXNL

Sep 10-Sep 20   3B8/IZ4DPV    1308
Sep 20-Sep 25   4S7GXG     .. 1310 *
NOW             5T5SN         1309
NOW   -Jun/2003 5W1SA         1292
NOW   -2004     5Z4DZ         1308
NOW   -Dec/2002 6F1LM         1307
Sep 22-Oct 8    7Q7CE         1310 *
NOW   -Sep 30   7Q7HB         1309
Sep 15-Feb 1    8N1OGA        1309
Sep 28-Sep 29   8P2K          1310 *
Sep 16-Oct 6    9H9PA         1309
NOW   -Dec/2002 9K/W4NU       1306
NOW   -Sep/2002 9L1BTB        1268, 1310 *
Sep 12-Sep 30   9M6/GM4DMA    1309
Sep 26-Oct 1    9M6LSC        1310 *
NOW             9Q/ON7UN      1310 *

Sep 9 -Sep 27   C21RH         1309
Sep 13-Oct 13   C6ALW         1310 *
Sep 24-Oct      C98DC         1310 *
NOW   -Sep/02   CE9R          1304
NOW   -2004     CN2PM         1310 *
NOW   -2004     D2U           1282
NOW   -Oct 23   DT14AG        1306
Sep/2002        DU/G3OCA      1307
Sep 5 -Sep 30   EA6/DL6KAC    1308
Sep 16-Sep 27   EA8/F5YD   .. 1310 *
Sep 1 -2004     FO/F5AEP      1307
Sep 23-Sep 29   FR/F6BLK      1310 *

NOW   -2002     HF0POL        1271
Sep 17-Sep 23   IH9/IZ1CYN    1309
Sep 21-Sep 22   IU1DCI        1310 *
Sep 4 -Oct 16   J43DIG        1307
Sep 28-Sep 29   J49XB         1310 *
Sep 20-Sep 24   JI5USJ/4      1310 *
NOW   -Sep 29   JT1FDJ        1305
NOW   -Oct/2002 N6XIV/KH9     1307
Sep 21-Sep 28   LX/PA6Z       1310 *
Sep 5 -Sep 21   OZ/DL3YMK     1307
Sep 5 -Sep 25   SV5/G2JL      1309
NOW   -Oct/2002 SV5/IK2WZD    1292

Sep 8 -Oct 4    TK/DL4FF      1309
Sep 26-Oct 9    TM4ENN        1310 *
Sep 14-Sep 30   TM8CDX        1309
NOW   -Dec/2002 TT8DX         1283
Sep 14-Sep 23   V63VB         1309
Sep 15-Sep 29   VK9YL         1309
NOW   -Dec/2002 VK0MQI        1287, 1291, 1305
Sep 20-Sep 22   WF1N       .. 1310 *
Sep 12-Sep 23   XU7ACN     .. 1308
Sep 22-Sep 30   YE7V          1310 *
Sep 13-Oct 1    YM3CC         1310 *
NOW             ZA/Z35M       1310 *
NOW   -Sep/2002 ZC4BS         1260
Sep 1 -Sep 30   ZW100J        1309

 * = new
.. = and other calls

Editor's Note:

Due to the upcoming democratic elections in Germany next weekend my professional duties are too time consuming to publish a DX Newsletter next week! Sorry for that!

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