DXNL 1620 - Apr 22, 2009
DX Newsletter

a free and weekly service of
DARC Committee "DX and HF contesting"
(http://www.darcdxhf.de)

editor: Helmut Schlaffer, DL7MAE
(e-mail: )

translation by: Bob, DL7VOA
(e-mail: )


GD - ISLE OF MAN, EU-116
Mark,M0MJH, Kevan,2E0WMG, Matt,2E0XIS, and James,M0ZZO, will show up as
MD0MJH, 2D0WMG, 2D0XIS, MD0ZZO and using the clubcalls GT3CO and GT7SRA
from the Isle of Man (EU-116) between Apr 26 and May 1. They will work
in SSB mainly on 80/40/20m and on the high bands if conditions permit.
160m might be possible as well if they find enough space for an aerial.

HB0 - LIECHTENSTEIN
Kasimir,DL2SBY, and Georg,DF1SR, will be active from Liechtenstein as
HB0/DL2SBY in SSB/CW/RTTY on 80m-10m and as HB0/DF1SR via EME on 13cm
and 23cm from Apr 24 until May 4. Their equipment includes a TS-2000,
FT-900AT, an Ameritron AL811 amplifier, a HF9V, a vertical for 30m/40m,
a Spiderbeam and for VHF a FT-726R, a 3.7m dish and amplifiers for both
bands. QSLs direct or via bureau to their homecalls.

S7 - SEYCHELLES, AF-025
Davide,IZ3EFL, is signing S79DF from the Aldabra atoll (AF-025) for
the next year. Momentarily he is working only on 20m but promised to
appear also on the other bands soon.
His QSL manager IV3TDM confirms either direct or via the bureau.

TI - COSTA RICA
Orrin,TI6/K9KEJ (QSL direct via EB7DX), and Don,TI6/W9YOR (via W9YOR),
are expected to show up in SSB on 40m/20m/17m from Apr 28 until May 1.

VK9/MR - MELLISH REEF, OC-072
VK9GMW logged 20.058 QSOs (including 2.028 QSOs on 160m) and went QRT
on Apr 13 around 0400 UTC. QSL via HA7RY.
The "Online QSL Request System" (OQRS) for bureau and direct QSLs is
available online now at: http://www.vk9gmw.com

YV - VENEZUELA
The "Asociation de Radioaficionados de Venezuela" will activate the
callsign 4M5M in SSB, CW and digital modes on 160m-10m during the
upcoming "International Marconi Day" on Apr 25.
QSL via W4SO who acts as a "maildrop" only.

ZS8 - MARION ISLAND, AF-021
ZS8T operated by Petrus,ZS6GCM, went QRT and the data of the few QSOs
he made will be uploaded to the LoTW. His QSL manager is LZ3HI.

PACIFIC TRIP
Hrane,YT1AD, and David,K3LP, are planning two major DXpeditions to
Tokelau (ZK3), Central Kiribati (T31) and Conway Reef (3D2C) for 2010
and 2011. To prepare the logistics for these expeditions Hrane and his
friend Miki (YU1DW) are visiting a few islands in the region right now.
Radio activities can be expected already during this trip:
Apr 22, Western Samoa: 5W8A (YT1AD) & 5W0DW (YU1DW)
Apr 22-24, American Samoa: KH8/N9YU (YT1AD)
Apr 25, Fiji: 3D2AD (YT1AD) & 3D2DW (YU1DW)
Apr 27-29, Western Kiribati: T30M (YT1AD) & T30DW (YU1DW)
May 4, Fiji: 3D2AD (YT1AD) & 3D2DW (YU1DW)
More information is available online at: http://www.yt1ad.info/t31

TURKEY, SPECIAL EVENT STATION
TC57A will be active again from Apr 22-25. This station shall remember
the battle of Gallipoli (which took place in the Dardanelles in 1915)
and the 57th infantry regiment ("Alay") of the "Fifth Turkish Army".
The QSL manager is TA1HZ. See also: http://www.tcswat.org

USA, SPECIAL EVENT STATION
Members of the clubs "Sonoma County ACS" and "Sonoma Mountain Repeater
Society" (SMRS) are going to activate the special event station K6P on
14260, 7260, 7050 and 146910 kHz during the "Butter&Egg Day Parade" in
Petaluma on Apr 25 from 1600-2300 UTC.
QSL via KE6LPO, Matt Ilonummi, Box 2922, Petaluma, CA 94953-2922, USA.

SILENT KEY
Holger,DL1COP, writes that Franz,DL3PS/HB9EHQ, passed away suddenly and
unexpectedly after suffering a heart attack at the age of 45. Franz was
member of the DARC, USKA, HB9VC and HTC and made several DXpeditions in
the past like LZ/DL3PS (Sofia), TF/DL3PS (Vestmanneyjar Island),
TF/DL3PS (Grimsey Isl), ZS6/DL3PS (Vanderbijlpark), 4X/DL3PS (Ashkelon)
and D44TXS (Cape Verde) during March of this year. Several friends of
Franz will try to confirm all open QSL requests (especially the latest
ones from the D4 DXpedition) with an appropriate remark.
---
The wellknown DXer Charly Hausemer,LX1AJ, put his keys away at the age
of 89 years on April 7, 2009.

LINKS: Current SOTA activities (mountain summits) are announced at:
http://www.sotawatch.org
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Detailed information about current VHF activities can be found on the
VHF DX portal "Make More Miles on VHF" at: http://www.MMMonVHF.de
---
The 22nd International Marconi Day (IMD) will take place on April 25.
A list of all participating stations counting for the "IMD 2009 Award"
can be found at: http://www.gb4imd.org.uk/awardstns2009.htm
---
Several nice photos of the 7Z1SJ activity from AS-192 were uploaded to:
http://www.laselki.net/vb/showthread.php?t=3680


UPCOMING CONTESTS
-----------------
Apr 25/26: SP DX RTTY Contest
Apr 25/26: Helvetia Contest

IOTA collected by Fredy,DE0MST (e-mail: )
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Island activities:
AF-019, IG9, Pelagie Islands: Vincenco,IW9EJP, Filippo,IW9FRB, Ezio,IT9OJW,
Giovanni,IW9GVP, Fernando,IW9HSK, Sebastiano,IT9ZIR, and Dario,IT9ZZO,
will be active as IG9/homecall from Linosa Island (IIA AG-003) from
Apr 24-26. QSLs via homecalls (direct/bureau).
More information is available online at http://www.iw9frb.it/linosa.htm

AS-077, JA6, Kyushu Island (main only): 8J6DON will be QRV from the upcoming
Hakata "Dontaku" Port Festival on Kyushu Island from Apr 29 till May 5.
QSL via JARL bureau.

EU-017, I*9, Eolie (Lipari) Islands: IZ0EHO, IZ0FKE, IK0XFD and IK0ZCW will
sign ID9N in CW, SSB and digital modes from Vulcano Island (IIA ME-018)
from Apr 25-30. QSL via IZ0GKN. See also: http://www.id9n.com

EU-031, I*8, Campania Region Group: Claudio,IC8/IZ0KRC, will be active from
Ischia between Apr 29 and May 4. QSL via homecall (bureau).

EU-047, DL, Niedersachsen State Group: Juergen,DL1IAI/p, will become active
from Borkum Island (N-001) between Apr 27 and May 18. He will also try
to activate the club station DL0BRF on the lightvessel "Borkumriff"
in SSB and maybe also PSK31/RTTY on 80m-2m during this time.
Please QSL ONLY via bureau. Please check also: http://www.dl1iai.de

EU-108, GM/MM, Treshnish Islands: Jim,MM0BQI/p, is going to activate
Lunga Island (IOSA NH17, SCOTIA DI09) from Apr 24-27. QSL via homecall.

EU-129, DL/SP1, Usedom Island: Helmut,DL7VOX/p, will be QRV from Usedom
between Apr 27 and May 16. QSL via homecall (direct/bureau).

SA-072, PR8, Maranho State East Group: A team of the Teresina DX Group will
show up as ZW8BBC from Canarias Island working in CW/SSB/digital modes
on 160m-6m and via satellite (AO51/AO7/FO29/VO52/SO50) from Apr 29
until May 3. QSL via PS8DX (QRZ.com).

Lighthouse activities (WLOTA/ARLHS/ILLW)
----------------------------------------
DL0BRF FED-002 Apr 27-May 18
DL1IAI/p LH 1022 FED-009 Apr 27-May 18
DL7VOX/p LH 1640 FED-359 Apr 27-May 16
ID9N LH 1001 ITA-213 Apr 25-30
IG9/HCs LH 0820 ITA-123 Apr 24-25

Following lighthouses were added to the WLOTA list lately:
----------------------------------------------------------
Coffin Island LH 4161 CAN-142 NA-081
Shett Rock LH 3770 CAN-457 H 3541 NA-081
White Head Island LH 1788 CAN-532 H 3474 NA-154
ALTHORPE Island LH 1637 AUS-003 K 2000 OC-139
Double Island LH 1638 AUS-065 K 2912 OC-172
Bathurste Island LH 2929 AUS-244 K 3318 OC-173
Flat Top Island LH 1933 AUS-190 K 3028 OC-160
Usedom Island LH 1640 FED-359 C 2867.1 EU-129
Dent Island LH 2254 AUS-188 K 3064
Goods Island LH 3981 AUS-232 K 3270.1

Bandspots of the last 7 days
----------------------------
160m
S04R 1.824 0311Z via EA5RM (B)

80m
S04R 3.780 2326Z via EA5RM (B)
S04R 3.504 0515Z via EA5RM (B)

40m
OH0/OH3FM 7.038 0631Z PSK, via OH3FM (d)
S04R 7.006 2144Z via EA5RM (B)

30m
CS6A 10.106 0848Z POR 129, via CT1GFK (B)
S04R 10.104 2146Z via EA5RM (B)
S04R 10.140 0724Z RTTY, via EA5RM (B)
TI7KK 10.123 2215Z NA-191, via DK6AO (B)

20m
FJ/EB1HF 14.210 1925Z NA-146, via EC1AE (d)
IG9/IW9ELR 14.250 0910Z AF-019, via
OA4/HA1AG 14.009 2040Z via HA1AG (B)
OH0/OH3FM 14.083 0842Z RTTY, via OH3FM (d)
PJ4/PA7JWC 14.180 2043Z via PA7JWC (L)
S04R 14.195 0816Z via EA5RM (B)
S04R 14.024 0909Z via EA5RM (B)
TI7KK 14.260 2135Z NA-191, via DK6AO (B)

17m
S04R 18.074 0729Z via EA5RM (B)
S04R 18.145 0746Z via EA5RM (B)

15m
S04R 21.024 1907Z via EA5RM (B)
S04R 21.295 1836Z via EA5RM (B)

12m
S04R 24.945 2017Z via EA5RM (B)

10m
PU2WDX 28.477 1906Z (d)
S04R 28.495 2015Z via EA5RM (B)

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

Preview
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DATE CALL DXNL

25Apr/04May 3D2AD & 3D2DW 1620 *
25Apr 4M5M 1620 *
18Apr-26Apr 5C2A.. 1619
21Mar-24Jul 5N0OCH 1613/1616
22Apr 5W8A & 5W0DW 1620 *
11Mar-11May 5X1NH 1614
-Jun 5X4X 1605
NOW 5Z4/RW1AU 1585
-Sep 6W1SJ 1541
29Apr-05May 8J6DON 1620 *
02Apr-24Apr 8P6DR 1617
-31Dec 9A09P 1615
-31Dec 9A48IFATCA 1609
-31Dec 9A800VZ 1617
NOW 9G5SW 1581
09Apr-23Apr 9H3JR 1618
-2010 9J2YO 1614

25Apr AX0BP 1619
17Apr-24Apr C6AAA 1619
27Apr-18May DL1IAI/p 1620 *
27Apr-16May DL7VOX/p 1620 *
Feb -2010 DP1POL 1598/1619
-31Dec DR09ANT 1606
-Apr DU/M0GHQ 1617
NOW EY8/S57CQ 1579
Postponed FR/Glorioso 1568/1600
-30Nov FT5WO 1600/1605
-31Dec GB250RB 1608
18Apr-25Apr GS3PYE/p.. 1619

10Jan-28Apr H44MS.. 1604
24Apr-04May HB0/DL2SBY.. 1620 *
-31Dec HE8/HB8 1604
01Apr-31Jul HG160FNY.. 1618
29Apr-04May IC8/IZ0KRC 1620 *
25Apr-30Apr ID9N 1620 *
24Apr-26Apr IG9/IW9EJP.. 1620 *
-31Dec II2RAI 1609
19Apr-19May IO9ROTA 1619
21Apr-28Apr JT1AWN.. 1619
19Apr-25Apr JW/F8DVD 1619

09Oct-19Oct K4M (Midway) 1618
25Apr K6P 1620 *
22Apr-24Apr KH8/N9YU 1620 *
-31Dec LY1000 1606
24Apr-27Apr MM0BQI/p 1620 *
07Apr-May OA/DL5YWM.. 1617
-Apr OD5/IV3YIM 1599
-Nov OD5/W5YFN 1599
01Apr-30Apr OE100M 1617
Jun /Sep PA750ASN 1613

12Apr-20Jun S21UGZ 1619
-Apr S79DF 1620 *
27Apr-30Apr T30DW & T30M 1620 *
22Apr-25Apr TC57A 1620 *
28Apr-01May TI6/K9KEJ 1620 *
NOW TL0A 1616
-2011/12 TN5SN 1585/1591
12Apr-30Apr TS1LYMC 1619
-01Jul TT8CF 1613

NOW V63MY & V63TO 1614
-2011 V73NS 1604
-22Apr VP9KF 1619
-Dec WA2YUN/KH9 1568
-31Dec Z30MCWG 1612
21Apr-06May ZF2ZB 1619
-Sep ZS08TV 1590
29Apr-03May ZW8BBC 1620 *

* = new or updated
... = and other calls

QSL information
---------------
A41CK via A47RS or direct
A41MH (d)
A41MO via EA5KB (B)
A41N via A47RS
IG9/IW9ELR via IW9ELR
IQ6SB/IQP via I6HWD (B)
IR1A via IK1GPG (B)
7Z1TT (d)
8Q7HN via 7M2VPR (B)
9A/HA5TAA via 9A3JB (B)

(d) = only direct
(B) = bureau ok
* = new QSL manager
(L) = Logbook of the World (LotW)


QSL VU7SJ: All VU7SJ QSLs which were not requested directly are sent via the
bureau now. They have only some QSLs left to confirm SWL reports.

QSL via DJ2VZ: DJ2VZ is living in a nursing home for several years now and
is not able to fulfill his duties as a QSL manager anymore.
His appartment has been closed and all logs were destroyed.
Missing QSL cards cannot be confirmed anymore.


QSLs arrived direct: CO8LY, H44MS (DL2GAC), HV5PUL (IW0BET), TN5SN (IZ1BZV),
VK9AA (DL8YR), VU4AN/VU3RWP (OE1ZKC)

QSLs arrived bureau: A25SL (W5SL), A25VB (UA4WHX), A43XXX (A47RS), A45WG,
A45WD (YO9HP), A45XR,A52AM,C56JJ (PA4JJ),C6AXX (W9IXX),
C6AKX (WA4WTG), CN8IG, CX1AA,CU2DX,CU3AA,D2NX (JM1CAX),
C91VB & C91VB/4 (AF-103) & C91VB/6 (AF-088,all UA4WHX),
5Z4/DL7UCX, 5Z4/UA4WHX, 7Q7VB (UA4WHX), 8Q7QR (HB9BMY),
9J2VB (UA4WHX)

QSL via LoTW: V8AQM, VP5/K4IRI, VP5/N4PJ, WP2Z, XE1UN, XE3/DJ1TO,
XU7AAV, YB3OX, YX0LIX, ZD7VJ, ZK2CW, 4M5R, 4M9YY, 4W6R,
5K0T, 5Z4BL, 6Y5/WE9, 6Y8XF, 8P9IR, 9A5ANR/p,9A/VE3ZIK,
9G5CW, 9L1AB


Many thanks for contributing to this issue of the DXNL are going to:
Carl Smith (QRZ DX), 425DXNews, OPDX Bulletin, DF2CQ, DF6EX (for WINQSL),
DJ5AV, DJ5MN, DK6CQ, DK8JB, DL1IAI, DL1SBF, DL2MDZ, DL2SBY, DL3IE, DL7VOA,
DL8LAS, DL9GFB, F5NQL, IT9EJW, NG3K, NJ1Q, SWL Bernd Riga and others.
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