S DX@WW $425WW505A 425 DX News #505 [1/4] 6 January 2001 ...

VE - VE3EXY's operation from Zone 2 [425DXN 524] was postponed for 24
hours, so that he will stay one day longer than previously
announced. Look for him to be signing VE3EXY/2 until 12 UTC on 29
May. QSL via home call. [TNX VE3EXY]
VE - The Daily DX reports that XM2CWI is the probable callsign for the 25
July-1 August operation from La Madeleine Islands (NA-038) [425DXN
523]. Activity is expected to take place on 10-80 metres (possibly
on 6 and 160 metres as well) SSB and CW.
VP5 - Look for Dick/W3RM and Mike/N3MT to operate (on 80-10 metres mainly
CW with some SSB) as VP5/W3RM and VP5/N3MT from Providenciales
Island (NA-002) between 31 May and 14 June. QSL via home calls. [TNX
OPDX Bulletin]
W - Howie, K1VSJ is active from Martha's Vineyard (NA-046) through 3
September and will participate in the IOTA Contest. [TNX The Daily
DX]
W - Wade, KU4OJ will be active from Ocracoke Island (NA-067, USI
NC-001S) between 27 May and 2 June. Look for him during his mornings
and evenings.
W - Norby, LX1NO and Manu, LX2LX will operate (SSB and CW) as AB7TL/6
and KM6RY respectively from Santa Catalina Island (NA-066) on 11-13
June. QSLs via LX1NO either direct or through the LX bureau. [TNX
LX1NO]
XE - Michael, AB5EB and his brother (KB5SKN) plan to operate (on 10-40
metres SSB and CW) from Isla Mujeres (NA-045) on 18-23 June. QSL via
AB5EB for both calls. [TNX AB5EB and Islands On The Web]
PACIFIC TRIP ---> Bert, PA3GIO provides an update for his VK9 operations
[425DXN 425] (flight dates are now sure):
06-13 September VK9XV Christmas Island (OC-002)
14-20 September VK9CQ Cocos/Keeling (OC-003)
09-15 October VK9LO Lord Howe (OC-004)
From 22 September to 8 October he will operate as VK6GIO while travelling
between Perth and Sydney; he might also visit Kangaroo Island (OC-139) and be
active as VK6GIO/5 during that time frame. The web pages for Bert's
activities are at http://www.pa3gio.nl/VK9XV/, /VK9CQ/ and /VK9LO/.
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CQ WW WPX CW CONTEST: Look for the following to participate in this year's
event (give also a look to the list of announced operations maintained by
Bill, NG3K at http://www.ng3k.com):
CO - Radio Club Las Tunas members Raul/CO8ZZ, Doug/CO8DM and Josue/CO8JY as
T48K from NA-086. QSL via DK1WI or DL9US. [TNX DXNL]
CO - Juan Carlos, CO8TW on 20 metres Low Power. QSL via IZ8CCW. Logs will be
available at http://www.qsl.net/co8tw/ [TNX CO8TW]
DL - Kurt/DF4XX and Holger/DL5XAT as DF4XX/p from Fehmarn Island EU-128.
[TNX OPDX Bulletin]
EA6 - Pedro, EA6BB reports as AM6BB on 15 metres. QSL via bureau. [TNX EA6BB]
EM - Ken, UU2JZ as EM3J. QSL via KG6AR (Chris Williams, 220 Woods Landing
Lane, Callaway, VA 24067, USA). [TNX UU2JZ]
HS - Champ, E21EIC from RAST club station HS0AC, possibly as a single
operator. QSL via HS0/G3NOM. [TNX E21EIC]
LU - Javi, LU5FF as LQ0F on 10, 15 and 20 metres. QSL via LU5FF. [TNX LU5FF]
OH0 - OH0V on all bands from the Aland Islands (EU-002). QSL via OH6LI either
direct (Jukka Klemola, Aarontie 5, 31400 Somero, Finland) or through
the bureau. [TNX OH6LI]
OH0 - OH2BH, OH2JTE, OH2MM, OH2PM, OH2TA and OH8SR as OH0B (Multi-Single).
QSL via OH1BV. [TNX N4GN]
OH0 - OG3M/0 on all bands. Contacts will be confirmed automatically through
the bureau; direct cards go to OH1VR (Seppo Sisatto, Ojakatu 3 A 18,
33100 Tampere, Finland).
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