Бюллетень №5 от 16 мая 2003г.
В честь юбилея а именно, 145 ЛЕТ БЛАГОВЕЩЕНСКУ Амурская область,
С 15 мая и до конца 2003 года коллективная радиостанция RZ0JWA 
будет работать специальным позывным UE0JWA. ...
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Сообщаем о проведении в Харькове Четвертого Международного Фестиваля
Радиолюбителей и соревнований "Полевой День на КВ - 2003".
Все мероприятия пройдут на загородной базе завода им.Малышева "Занки".
Время проведения - 6-8 июня.
Вся подробная информация и фотографии с Фестиваля 2002 на сайте
www.hamfest.hamradio.com.ua
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Вышла в свет новая версия программы AALOG версия 2.44 , а также выложен
контест модуль для Кубка С. Петербурга. контест модуль качать отсюда

st.zip
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Радиолюбители Синегорья достойно вносят вклад в дни активности Омского
радиоклуба,которому исполнилось75-лет. Так 12 мая Валерий UN7EAN провел 3 QSO, с Омскими радиолюбителями -это всем известные  радиолюбители UA9NN
UA9NO и RA9MFE....Подробности по адресу: fo nt>sinegor/index.htm

NEW IOTA REFERENCE NUMBERS ISSUED

AS-167    XZ    Irrawaddy / Yangon / Pegu Region group (Myanmar)
NA-223    HR    Gracias a Dios Departmant group (Honduras)
NA-224    XE1   Veracruz State South group (Mexico)
OC-256    P2    Kilinailau (Tulun) Islands (Papua New Guinea)
OC-257    P2    Nuguria Islands (Papua New Guinea)
OC-258    P2    Papua New Guinea's Coastal Islands North (Papua New Guinea)
OC-259    V63   Nukuoro Atoll (Federated States of Micronesia)
OC-260    V63   Oroluk Atoll (Federated States of Micronesia)
OC-261    VK5   South Australia State West Centre group (Australia)


 OPERATIONS WHICH HAVE PROVIDED ACCEPTABLE VALIDATION MATERIAL 

AF-064    ZS1RBN    Robben Island (April 2003)
AS-047    JI5RPT/6  Minami Daito Island, Daito Islands (March 2003)
AS-047    JS6QVP    Minami Daito Island, Daito Islands (March 2003)
AS-047    JS6QVQ    Minami Daito Island, Daito Islands (March 2003)
AS-167    XY4KQ     Thebyu Kyun (April 2003)
EU-181    LZ3FN/1   Sveti Ivan Island (March 2003)
EU-181    LZ3SM/1   Sveti Ivan Island (March 2003)
EU-186    TB05GF    Gokceada Island (August 2002)
EU-186    YM05GF    Gokceada Island (August 2002)
NA-071    HP3/F5PAC Boca Brava Island (March 2003)
NA-072    HP1/F5PAC Contadora Island (March 2003)
NA-088    HP4/F5PAC Bocas del Toro Island (March 2003)
NA-170    HP2/F5PAC Porvenir Island (March 2003)
NA-202    HP2/F5PAC Grande Island (February 2003)
NA-203    HP9/F5PAC Iguana Island (March 2003)
NA-223    HQ8V      Vivorillo Cays (March 2003)
NA-224    XF2IH     Enmedio Island (March 2003)
OC-035    YJ0AOW    Efate Island (March 2002)
OC-092    4D2B      Calayan Island, Babuyan Islands (March 2003)
OC-097    5W0PM     Samoa Islands (February 2002)
OC-120    DX0C      Cuyo Island, Cuyo Islands (March 2003)
OC-128    DU1JXP/P  Palawan Island (March 2003)
OC-144    YC4FIJ/P  Utan Island (April 2003)
OC-226    V63DT     Mwokil Atoll, Mwokil and Pingelap Atolls (April 2003)
OC-226    V63ZR     Mwokil Atoll, Mwokil and Pingelap Atolls (April 2003)
OC-231    P29VMS    Nissan Island, Green Islands (February 2003)
OC-242    YE8A      Rajuni Kecil I sland, Taka' Bonerate Isls (March 2003)
OC-256    P29VMS    Han Island, Kilinailau (Tulun) Islands (January 2003)
OC-257    P29VMS    Pahuria Island, Nuguria Islands (January/February 2003)
OC-258    P29VMS    Muschu Island (February 2003)
OC-259    V60A      Nukuoro Atoll (March 2003)
OC-259    V60Z      Nukuoro Atoll (March 2003)
OC-260    V60A/P    Oroluk Atoll (April 2003)
OC-260    V60Z/P    Oroluk Atoll (April 2003)
OC-261    VI5WCP    Waldegrave Island (April 2003)

Note:  This   list  includes   operations  where   validation  material   was
volunteered, ie not  specifically required  for credit  to be  given. In  all
cases, cards  now submitted  will be  accepted by  Checkpoints if  they  meet
normal standards. This means that the  island name  should be printed  on the
card.

           OPERATIONS FROM WHICH VALIDATION MATERIAL IS AWAITED
            & ;nbs p;            &a mp;n bsp;  AS AT  1 MAY 2003                   

AF-093/Pr J5UCW     Pecixe Island (March 2003)
NA-162    XE2/W7KFI ??????????? (April 2003)
OC-093    DX1ABC    ??????????? (April 2003)
OC-128    DX1ABC    ???????????
SA-060    ZW8P      Cotijuba Island (December 2002)
SA-070    3G5Q      Quiriquina Island (February 2003)
SA-089    YV5ANF/1  Sal Key (April 2003)

Note: Checkpoints are  not authorised to  credit QSL cards  for an  operation
where validation is required.

            & ;nbs p;            &a mp;n bsp; NEW IOTA CHECKPOINT

After more  than seven  years  of checking  cards  Garry Hammond,  VE3XN  has
relinquished his post as checkpoint for  Canada, Mexico, Central America  and
the Caribbean Islands (Thanks, Garry, for  all your help). We welcome as  his
replacement VE7IG, Reg Beck who is well-known to the IOTA community.  Members
are asked to note the new checkpoint details:
            & ;nbs p;          VE7IG, Reg Beck
            & ;nbs p;          Comp 16, Site 3 RR2
            & ;nbs p;          Williams Lake, BC
            & ;nbs p;          V2G 2P2, Canada
            & ;nbs p;          E-mail: >rbeck@laketown.net

TOP list of Islands Hunters. "Best HUNTER"
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"Logbook of the World" Enters Open Beta-Testing Phase

NEWINGTON, CT, May 15, 2003 -- The long-anticipated "Logbook of the World"
(LoTW) -- ARRL's secure electronic contact-confirmation system -- is being
opened for beta testing. While a formal unveiling is set for the Hamvention DX
Forum Saturday, May 17, in Dayton's Hara Arena, LoTW now is available to all who
wish to participate in the beta testing program, expected to last 60 days.

At the heart of the Logbook of the World concept is a huge repository of log
data provided by operators--from individual DXers and contesters to major
DXpeditions--and maintained by ARRL. Logbook of the World Project Leader Wayne
Mills, N7NG, says the system will benefit big and little guns alike by providing
quick QSO credit for awards offered by ARRL--and, it's hoped, those offered by
other organizations as well.

Once ready later this year, LoTW will provide a way for amateurs worldwide to
qualify for awards such as DXCC or WAS without having to first collect and
submit hard-copy QSL cards.

Visit the ARRL Logbook of the World Web site to learn more, download the
necessary software and take part in the beta testing effort. For the purposes of
the beta test, validated users are asked to submit log data for contacts made on
or after January 1, 1998. Once a certificate is issued, beta testers may e-mail
their log data to the LoTW database at >lotw-test@arrl.org .

LoTW wrapped up several weeks of alpha testing earlier this year. That limited
test run produced useful input from actual users that drove some changes in the
beta version now ready for testing. Alpha testing also revealed some bugs in the
software, and ARRL Web and Software Development Manager Jon Bloom, KE3Z, expects
a few more to turn up in the beta version.

LoTW will be designed to accept authenticated data--either in Cabrillo or ADIF
format--directly from computerized logs via the Internet. Bloom noted that
because the software still is under development, any data uploaded during the
beta-testing period will be erased before LoTW "goes live." Beta participants
will have to obtain new certification even if they've participated in earlier
LoTW testing. The beta certification, Bloom points out, will be good only for
the beta-test period because there will be no verification of the user's
identity.

Bloom also advised those who participated in any earlier LoTW testing to
uninstall the old version of the software and delete the directory containing
the old certificates--typically c:\Documents and Settings\<Username>\Application
Data\TrustedQSL for Windows 2000/XP users or c:\Windows\Application
Data\TrustedQSL for Windows 95/98/Me users. "Once that's done the new version of
the software can be installed," he said.

While strict user verification will not be an issue during beta testing, user
verification will be a major part of the security system in the final LoTW
product. "In the final version, there will be verification via the mailing
address in the FCC database for US users," Bloom explained. "So make sure your
address on file with the FCC is correct."

"Every call sign has to have a separate certificate," Bloom emphasized. "This is
true even if you've used a portable call sign from another country." For the
"live" version of LoTW, non-US licensees will need to submit license
documentation.

Bloom and Mills encouraged beta-test DXers and contesters to upload their log
files--the bigger the better--to test the robustness of the software as well as
to populate the database and create a more realistic environment. LoTW will find
and match contacts between stations based on the log data submitted by users,
and the results will appear on the Logbook of the World Web page.

Mills says LoTW does not mean the end of the QSLing tradition. Instead, he says,
it will provide an avenue for increased speed and accuracy for hams chasing
awards, as well as remove some chances for human error that can occur in the
traditional process.

"This is really a system to offer credits for awards," said Mills, who is also
ARRL's Membership Services manager. "We're not replacing the whole paper QSL
scheme with Logbook of the World." Mills did point out, however, that once it
goes live, LoTW will minimize opportunities for those who want to "game the
system" or otherwise cheat in an effort to obtain an operating award.

Registering and uploading electronic logs will cost nothing; the only time a
user will incur a charge is when applying accumulated contact credits toward an
award.

            & ;nbs p;              *** 4 2 5  D X  N E W S ***
            & ;nbs p;          
            & ;nbs p;            &a mp;n bsp; Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH


3D2    - Andre, GM3VLB confirms he will be  active as 3D2LB from  Beachcomber
          Island (OC-121) [425DXN 621], Fiji on 26-29 May. QSL direct only  to
          home call.
7X     - A second attempt at operating from  the Habibas Islands (AF-???)  is
          scheduled to take place on 1-5 June. Last year the operation aborted
          at the very  last minute [425DXN  576]. The operators  (Ivan/OM3CGN,
          Afif/7X2RO  and  maybe  other  locals)  are  waiting  for  the  last
          permission to be issued. [TNX OM3JW]
9A     - Siggi/DL1AZZ,  Lutz/DL3ARK,  Mario/DL5ASE   and  Heiko/DG0OGM   plan
          operate from Dugi Otok (EU-170, IOCA CI-018) and Veli Rat lighthouse
          (CRO-183) on 24-31 May. QSL via  home calls, direct or bureau.  [TNX
          VA3RJ]
9M2    - Tex, 9M2TO will be active as 9M2TO/P from Perhentian Island (AS-073)
          until 18 May. Contacts will be  confirmed automatically through  the
          bureau via JA0DMV. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
C6     - Duncan, EA5ON will  be active (on  160-10 metres  SSB) as  EA5ON/C6A
          from Freeport,  Grand  Bahama  (NA-080) on  22-26  May.  This  is  a
          business visit and operating time will  be restricted. QSL via  home
          call. [TNX EA5ON]
C9     - Vlado, ZS6MG reports he will participate in the CQ WPX CW Contest as
          C8A from  Maputo, Mozambique.  QSL via  ZS6MG (Vladimir  Karamitrov,
          P.O. Box 1788, Bramley 2018, South Africa).
CT     - Special event station CT1RVM/p will be active (on 40, 20, 15 and  10
          metres SSB) on 18 May from the Portuguese Air Force Museum. QSL  via
          CT1RVM, bureau or direct. [TNX CT1END]
G      - Special station GB300WES, celebrating the life of John Wesley,  born
          in 1703, will be active on 18 May, 24-26 May and various dates until
          September. QSL via  M0RHI either direct  (Royce Hunt, 24  Athelstane
          Crescent, Edenthorpe,  Doncaster DN3  2NG, South  Yorkshire, UK)  or
          through the RSGB bureau. [TNX M0RHI]
I      - Gianni, IZ8CGS will be  active (on 10-40  metres SSB) as  IG9/IZ8CGS
          from Lampedusa (AF-019, IIA AG-001) on 22-25 May. QSL via home call.
          [TNX IZ8CCW]
J7     - George, K5KG will be active on CW and SSB as J75KG from Dominica  on
          20-29 May. He will participate in the CQ WW WPX CW Contest as  J75A.
          QSL via KU9C. [TNX The Daily DX]
JW     - Terje, LA3OHA  is  organizing a  second  expedition to  Prins  Karls
          Forland (EU-063)  and is  looking for  operators. The  operation  is
          scheduled to  take  place  between 11  and  25  July;  please  visit
          for further information.
OH     - Finnish military  amateur radio  stations will  be active  with  the
          special prefix OI on 20 May.  A complete listing of stations can  be
          found at a> . [TNX The Daily DX]
PJ2    - Look for Jim, WI9WI to be  active as PJ2WI from Curacao (SA-006)  on
          21-27 May, including a single operator n  entry in the CQ WW WPX  CW
          Contest. QSL via WI9WI, direct or bureau. [TNX VA3RJ]
SM     - Martin, SM0DTK  will  be active  as  SM0DTK/1  from  Gotland  Island
          (EU-020) on 24-31 May. Skeds can be arranged via  >sm0dtk@passagen.se
          [TNX SM0DTK]
SP     - Special event station HF25KVW is QRV until 31 July to celebrate  the
          25th anniversary  of the  SP5KVW Radio  Club of  Ostroleka. QSL  via
          SP5KVW. [TNX SP5XSD]
SP     - Special memorial  operations  will be  take  place  from  Poland  to
          commemorate Polish  scientist Ignacy  Lukasiewicz, whose  first-ever
          kerosene lamp was used for the first time on 31 July 1853 in Lviv:
          through 30 June         HF8IL (QSL via SP8PJG)
          1 July-15 August        HF150IL (QSL via SP8PJG)
          25 July-4 August        3Z0IL (QSL via SP8ZBX)
          25 July-4 August        SN0IL (QSL via SP9PEE)
          20 August-10 September  HF8IL (QSL via SP8PJG)
          Another special  event station,  EN3WLL (QSL  via UR4WXQ),  will  be
          activated from  Lviv, Ukraine  between 25  July  and 4  August.  The
          anniversary celebrations are supported by the Podkarpacie Branch  of
          PZK and Lviv Radio  Amateur Club. For  further details please  visit
          a> [TNX SP5UAF and SP9JPA]
VE     - Dana, VE1VOX reports he plans to be active as VE1OTA/VY2 from Prince
          Edward Island (EU-029) and other nearby islands on 16-18 May.
VE     - Look for VA2BY and K8DD/VE2  to be QRV  from Waskaganish, James  Bay
          (Zone 2) on 20-23 May. Yhey will operate on 10-40 metres SSB and CW.
          QSL  via   K8DD.   The   web   page  for   Team   Zone   2   is   at
          a> [TNX NG3K]
VE     - Andy, AE6Y will be active as VC1R from VE1JF's QTH in Nova Scotia on
          21-26 May, CQ WW WPX CW Contest included. QSL via VE1JF. [TNX AE6Y]
VE     - Industry Canada has authorized the use of special event prefixes  to
          celebrate the 50th  Anniversary of  the National  Library of  Canada
          between 24 May and 27 July. The prefixes  will be CK for VE, CY  for
          VO, CJ for VA and CZ for VY. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]
VE     - This  is  the   latest  information  on   the  June  operations   by
          Andre/GM3VLB,  Alex/G0DHZ  and  Niall/VP8NJS  from  a  few   British
          Columbia (VE7) islands  [425DXN 621]: Denman  (NA-036) on 4-5  June,
          Malcolm (NA-091) on 6-7 June, Campbell  (NA-061) on 8-9 June,  Denny
          (NA-061) on  9-11  June, Gabriola  (NA-075)  on 12-14  June.  Please
          e-mail Andre (>5z4kl@ukonline.co.uk ) before 22 May for possible skeds
          or further information on possible QRV times. [TNX GM3VLB]
W      - Ken, W8KL will be operate mobile from the North Carolina State  East
          Group  (NA-067) on 18-22 May.  Look for him on  or around 14260  kHz
          during his afternoons  and evenings,  while during  the mornings  he
          will look for JA/VK stations. [TNX OPDX Bulletin]

DXCC NEWS  ---> DXCC  Manager Bill  Moore, NC1L  reports that  the  following
operations from  Iraq  are approved  for  DXCC  credit:  YI/EK6DO,  YI/EK6KB,
YI/F5ORF, YI/ON4WW,  YI/ON5NT,  YI/ON6TT, YI/S53R,  YI/S57CQ,  YI/SM7PKK  and
YI/VK4KMT. Pictures and other  information on the  UN World Food  Programme's
workers in Iraq can be found at a>

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN 2003  ---> Ham  Radio (the  biggest  amateur radio  event  in
Europe) 2003  will take  place at   Friedrichshafen  on 27-29  June.  Further
information is available at
http:/ /www.messe-friedrichshafen.de/fairs/ham_radio/index.php3

LOTW ---> The long-anticipated "Logbook of the World" (LoTW) - ARRL's  secure
electronic contact-confirmation system  - is being  opened for beta  testing.
While a formal  unveiling is  set for  the Hamvention  DX Forum  (17 May)  in
Dayton's Hara Arena, LoTW now is available to all who wish to participate  in
the beta testing program, expected to last 60 days. Visit the ARRL Logbook of
the World Web  site (http://www.arrl.org/lotw/#top ) to  learn more,  download
the necessary software and take part in the beta testing effort.

NEW BOOKS ---> Idiom Press has  announced publication of "Up Two.  Adventures
of a DXpeditioner"  by well known  contester, DXer and  world traveler  Roger
Western, G3SXW (256  pages) and the  third updated edition  of "The  Complete
DX'er" by Bob Locher, W9KNI  (228 pages). Complete  details are available  at


QSL 9Y4TBG  &  9Y4/DL4MEH --->  Andy,  DL4MEH reports  he  is going  to  move
permanently to Trinidad  & Tobago,  West Indies.  Effective immediately,  QSL
cards for the following operations should be routed via Wolfgang Utz,  DL4MDO
(either direct or, preferably, through the bureau):
9Y4TBG       CQWW CW 1999, CQWW SSB 2001 & 2002, ARRL DX CW & SSB 2003
9Y4/DL4MEH:  all operations from 1999 onwards.
Those who want to QSL direct  to Andy ("please  only stamp collectors,  hi"),
should use  the following  address (not  earlier than  August 2003):  Andreas
Kretzschmar, #5  Estate Ave.,  Cassleton  Gardens, Trincity,  Trinidad  W.I.,
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

QSL  AH3D  --->  Vertex  Standard  (Yaesu)  will  host  the  distribution  of
full-color  AH3D  folded-QSLs  at  their  booth  (#535)  during  the   Dayton
Hamvention. Martti  Laine/OH2BH,  Toni Linden/OH2JTE  and  Daily  DX  editor,
Bernie McClenny/W3UR are prepared to serve you with a smile. [TNX N4GN]

QSL K5C ---> The Magnolia DX Association reports that the QSL cards for their
4-6 April operation from Cat  Island (NA-082) have  arrived from the  printer
(give a look to ).   Glenn, K2FF is  processing
direct cards and expects to make a mass mailing on 17 May.

QSL VIA VE7DP  ---> Frank, VE7DP  provides an update  on the  QSL routes  for
recent IOTA activations from the Philippines:
4G6A   OC-125  via  VE7DP
DX4CN  OC-202  via  VE7DP
4H1LC  OC-244  via  VE7DP or DX1CW
Frank has several listed addresses, but  the preferred one is: Frank  Toplak,
General Delivery, Winfield, BC V4V 1M6, Canada.

UFT ---> The newly elected officers of the Union Francaise des Telegraphistes
(the French National CW Society, http://www.uft.net) for 2003/04 are: Raymond
Talazac/F6BQV (President),  Norbert  Laurent/F6AXX (Vice  President),  Pierre
Gallo/F6FXS  (Treasurer)  and   Jean  Pierre  Auxentides/F5TFP   (Secretary).
Assistant Board  members  include Ghislain/F6CEL,  Alain/F6ENO,  Alain/F6EQV,
Gerard/F6ICG, Andre/F5AKL,  Bernard/F5HEW, Vincent/F5MJV,  Maurice/F5NQL  and
Martial/F5SIE. Honorary Past  President Jean-Claude Perrotey,  F9IQ has  been
appointed as the UFT's CW consultant for REF (the IARU French Society).  [TNX
F5NQL]

VISALIA 2004  --->  The  Southern  California  DX  Club  (www.scdxc.org )  has
announced that the 55th Annual  International DX Convention  will be held  at
The Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference Center Visalia on 23-25 April 2004. Online
reservation information can be found at www.visaliaholidayinn.com [TNX N6DHZ]