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PY - Special call PSA088 (Papa Sierra Alpha Zero Eight Eight) is
expected to be aired from Tacami Island (SA-088, DIB 077) between
12 UTC on 14 June and 12 UTC on the 17th. QSL via PP5LL. [TNX
PP5LL]
T5 - Baldur/DJ6SI and Tom/DL1QW are currently active as T5X and T5W from
Somalia - length of stay not known, but according to The Daily DX
"rumor has it they will be QRV until June 21". Baldur operates CW
while Tom operates CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via home calls.
TA - The operation from Kefken Island (AS-???) is confirmed to take
place on 23-25 June [425DXN 527]. The team on the island will have
one tribander, one monobander for 10 metres and three dipoles. Look
for YM0KI to be QRV on different bands (20, 15, 10m) and modes
(SSB, CW and SSTV depending on propagation) at the same time. The
operation is organized by TA2KI (http://www.ta2ki.org/), the
Turkish Radio Amateur Club branch in the town of Kocaeli. [TNX
SP6TPM and TA2LE]
UA - Valery, RW4HW reports that special station UE4HDI will be active
from Dalnaya Dubrava Island (RR-26-02) on 15-17 June. QSL via
RW4HW.
W - Brad, W1RQ will operate (on 10-40 metres SSB) from Martha's
Vineyard (NA-046) between 23 June and 14 July. [TNX The Daily DX]
CARIBBEAN TOUR ---> Bill, W4WX reports he will be operating as VP2MHX from
Montserrat (NA-103) on 19-22 June and as V2/W4WX from Antigua (NA-100) on
23-26 June. He will be active on RTTY and some SSB to include WARC bands. QSL
via home call.
/EX
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4Z8 ---> Guenter, OE1GZA/DH2GZ (aka E4/OE1GZA and VR2GZ) reports that the new
prefix 4Z8 has been issued since April for foreign amateurs living and
working in Israel for more than one year (details at
http://hamradio.iarc.org/cept/4Z8CalSign.htm). Currently there two stations
active, namely Marc, 4Z8BB (WC1X, QSL via home call) and Guenter himself,
4Z8GZ (QSL via DH2GZ).
IOTA 2000 ---> 232 applications for the RSGB IOTA Millennium Programme (IOTA
2000) certificates have been processed so far. The winners, by category, are
shown on the Chiltern DX Club web pages at http://www.cdxc.org.uk. The
closing date for IOTA 2000 applications is 31 December 2001. [TNX G3NUG]
PIRATE ---> Vittorio, I8DVJ reports that someone is pirating his call for
spotting P5, VU4, etc. on the DX Clusters. He asks to refrain from sending
angry e-mails to him, as he does not know who the offender is.
QSL EU-188 ---> All of the direct requests received for UE1RCV/1 have been
processed and cards were mailed on 12 June. [TNX UA1QV]
QSL FO ---> Peter, DL3APO reports that direct requests for FO/DL5XU (OC-066,
French Polynesia) and FO/DL1AWI (OC-027, Marquesas) are being processed right
now. Those attending the Ham Fest at Friedrichshafen (29 June-1 July) will be
able to collect their cards over there.
QSL YC5XIP ---> Fulvio, I1WFF reports he is no longer the QSL manager for
Syafri, YC5XIP and cards received for contacts made in 2001 will be returned