DX News Letter 1333
March 20, 2003

DX-NL 1333 March 20, 2003
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

ARUBA, P4 Andy, AE6Y, will operate as P40Y from Mar 22-30 (incl. WPX-Contest). QSL via AE6Y.

BABUYAN ISLAND, DU, OC-092 4D2B should be active from Mar 21-25. The operators will be Ken, G3OCA, Gil, 4F2KWT, Nicky, DU1JXP, and Mike, DU1MHX. QSL via G3OCA (or UA4SKW for Russian stations only).

CAVIANA ISLAND, PY, SA-042 The new schedule for the postponed ZY8C activity is now between Mar 27 and Apr 3. They will take part in the M/S category of the WPX Contest.

CORSICA, TK, EU-014 TK8DJ will hit the airwaves by the end of March. QSLs direct ONLY via Mario Pesce, PO Box 15, I-80070 Bacoli, NA, Italy.

COTE D'IVOIRE, TU David, F5THR, will be QRV as TU5CD between Mar 23 and Jul 1. QSL via F8BON.

CURACAO, PJ2 Steve, N8BJQ, and Bob, N8NR, will sign PJ2T on 10m and PJ2C on 15m in the WPX SSB Contest. Look for them in CW on the WARC and lowbands starting from Mar 25. QSLs for both stations via N9AG.

DJIBOUTI, J2 After visiting several authorities Karsten, DL2LAH, finally received his licence with the call J20LA! Due to his job he is not able to hit the airwaves every day. He is QRV in all modes (also digital). QSL via DL2LAH.

FAROE ISLANDS, OY Ronald, PA3EWP (OY7WP), Dick, PA3FQA (OY7QA), and Rob, PA5ET (OY7ET), of the Low Land DXpedition Team accompanied by Tom, GM4FDM (OY7TW), and Bill, AK0A (OY7WB), will be active in CW/SSB/RTTY/PSK31/SSTV between Mar 24 and Apr 3. They will sign OY8PA in the WPX SSB Contest. All QSLs via PA5ET.

FIJI, 3D2 Brian, N6IZ, will sign 3D2IZ from Namotu Island (OC-121) mainly in CW on 80-10m from Mar 26 until Apr 6.

HONDURAS, HR Henry, HR2HM, Eduardo, HR2EMC, Cesar, HR2CPS, Carlos, HR2CSB, Byron, HR5LBR, Rene, HR5RJC, and Manuel, HR5MJC, will be active as HQ8V from Mar 21-24. They will be QRV from Cayos Vivorillos in the Gracias a Dios Department Group (NA-new) which has never been activated before. Their plans are to operate in SSB on 40/20/15m. QSL via HR2CPS.

KUWAIT, 9K Faisal, 9K2RR, is drawing the attention to the new contest club 9KCC. The first on air activity was planned in CW and SSB on 15m for Mar 23 from 1200-1600 UTC... ? More details about the new contest club can be found on the websites: http://www.qsl.net/9kcc/ and http://www.9kcc.com.

MARSHALL ISLANDS, V7 Jeffrey, V73/KI0RO, intends to operate in CW and SSB on 40-10m from Roi-Namur (OC-028) from Mar 23-28. His next stop will be Micronesia. QSL via KI0RO.

NAMIBIA, V5 Nico, ZS4NS, plans to work on HF and 6m from Mar 23 until Apr 5. QSL via N7RO.

SOUTH KOREA, HL Kim, DS4BHW, will stay on Cho Island (AS-060) for two years starting by the end of March. He plans to become QRV on 80-6m. QSL via DS4BHW, bureau ok.

TAKABONERATE ISLAND, YB, OC-242 YE8A will be the call of YB8CR, YB8BHV, YB9KLI, YC8CPV, YB0DPO, YB8HZ, YB8HGM, YB0ECT, YB0LBK and YB0AI on South Sulawesi from Mar 26-31. QSL via YB8BRI. Check also their website http://takabonerate.aerocity.net.

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 9Y Sigi, 9Y4/DL7DF, will be QRV in CW/SSB/RTTY/PSK31/SSTV on all bands between Mar 23 and Apr 10.

QSL Info

QSL direct: 4W/K7BV (N6FF), 5R8FL, 5U7JB, 6W/F6HLC (F6HLC), 6Y0T, 6Y5/K3TEJ, 8P9NX, 8P8P, 9H3JR, 9M6/OK2PBM, C53CW, C56JHF, C6ALK (K7RE), CV5D (CX2ABC), EA9IB, FS/KM3T, FW8FP (VK4FW), H2G, HG1S, HK0TU (HK3DDD), HL2FDW, J3/K4LTA (K4LTA), J3A, JW7VK, KP4/NE8Z, L75FM, LW4DRV/p (SA-022), LX0LT (LX1RQ), N8Z, NH7G, NH7Y, P29DX (G3LQP), P40TA, PJ2/WC4E (WC4E), PJ7/KM3T, PZ1DG, R1ANC (DL5EBE), R1AND/A (DL5EBE), R1ANF, R3CA/0 (UA9OBA), TR8VP, RI0CB (AS-114), SQ9PM, SV5AZP, T88CM, TO8MZ (FH), TY0T (I8ACB), TY2SF, TY3M (I8ACB), UA0JQ, UN7EG (DL8KAC), UN7PQ, V26EW, V26G (N2ED), V31JZ/p (NN7A), V63RE (OC-254), VC2C (NB1B), VE1OTA/1 (NA-127), VE1OTA/9 (NA-068), VK4LV (OC-137), VP5/WB9Z, VP8CGM, VR2PX, W8MV/KH4, WP3R, XE2NJ, XT3DX, XU7ACJ, YA1BV, YC9BU/7 (OC-252), YI1BGD (OM3JW), YW0RCV (NA-020), ZB2JO, ZK3SA, ZL7C, ZP6Y, ZS6UT

QSL bureau: 3B8/LA7MFA, 3W2XK (W9XK), 9G5MD (F5VCR),9V1MN (DL4MN),FO/JJ8DEN, A25/KY4P (SV0LM), HK3JRL,J3A (WA1S),J79BK (DL6FBK),JW1I (LA3FL), JY8IL (JG1ILF), OY/DJ6AU, P5/4L4FN (KK5DO), T88BB (JE8BKW), VU2UR, XE3/DJ1TO, XU7ACF (DF8AN), YA/DL5NAV, ZX0F (PY5EG)

QSL managers

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

QSL addresses

Preview

DATE            CALL        DXNL

Mar 9 -Mar 22   3B8/ON4AME  1331
Mar 26-Apr 6    3D2IZ       1333 *
Mar 12-Mar 27   3D2MN       1332
Mar 21-Mar 25   4D2B        1333 *
NOW   -Apr/2003 7Q7HB       1324
Jan 14-Apr 14   7Q7LA       1325
Mar 23-Apr 10   9Y4/DL7DF   1333 *

Mar 17-Apr 5    A35/DL8DYL  1332
Mar 19-Mar 14   A35/SP9FIH  1332
NOW   -Apr/2003 A4/IV3NCC   1328
NOW   -May/2003 A71ROG      1331
Mar 5 -Apr 15   BX3/DJ3KR   1330
NOW   -2004     CN2PM       1310
NOW   -Feb/2004 D2U         1332
NOW   -Nov 30   D88S        1323
Mar 18-Mar 24   D90HE       1332
NOW   -Mar/2004 DS4BHW      1333 *
Mar 11-Apr 10   EA6/DL6KAC  1331
Mar 20-Mar 26   EA9/DH1PLY  1332
Jan 5 -Apr 5    EI/DH5ST    1323
NOW   -2005     EL2TM       1315

NOW   -Apr/2003 H44MS       1330
Feb 25-Mar 31   HF2VL       1330
Mar 10-Mar 21   HH4/K4QD .. 1331
Feb 23-Mar 24   HP/F5PAC    1329
Mar 21-Mar 24   HQ8V        1333 *
NOW             J20LA       1333 *
NOW   -Jun/2003 J28UN       1312
Jan 31-Apr 2    J37LR       1325
NOW   -Dec/2003 JM6DZB/JD1  1324
Mar 20-Mar 22   LU4EF/D     1332
Mar 1 -Mar 31   LZ125O      1330
Mar 19-Mar 24   MJ/K8PT  .. 1332
Mar 4 -Apr 3    MM0LEO      1331
Mar 24-Apr 3    OY8PA    .. 1333 *
Mar 22-Mar 30   P40Y        1333 *
Mar 25-Mar 30   PJ2T     .. 1333 *
Feb 18-Mar 12   PJ6/DJ4SO   1325, 1329
Mar 1 -Mar 23   PJ7/W8EB    1330

Feb 28-Jun/2003 ST1MN       1329
Mar 16-Mar 31   ST2C        1332
Mar 17-Apr 2    ST0RY       1332
NOW   -Aug/2003 ZS5WC/ST0F  1324
Mar 14-Mar 28   SV9/DF7KHK  1332
Mar/2003        TK8DJ       1333 *
Mar 23-Jul 1    TU5CD       1333 *
Nov 20-Apr/2003 V3/K8JP     1317
Mar 23-Apr 5    V5/ZS4NS    1333 *
Mar 23-Mar 28   V73/KI0RO   1333 *
NOW   -2004     VQ9LA       1323
Mar 20-Mar 27   XF2ICH      1332
Mar 26-Mar 31   YE8A        1333 *
NOW   -Mar 31   YU8/K6MD    1331
NOW   -Mar 28   ZF2HW       1331
Mar 6 -Mar 25   ZK1EAA      1331
NOW   -Mar 23   ZS03CWC     1330
Mar 27-Apr 3    ZY8C        1333 *

 * = new
.. = and other calls

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