ari dx contest --->
the a.r.i. international dx contest, sponsored by the
italian amateur radio iaru society, is open to either licenced amateurs and
swls. this year's event will take place from 20 utc on 7 may to 19.59 utc on
the 8th. full rules and information, including a brand new software
downloadable for free, are available at
http://www.qsl.net/contest_ari [tnx
ik2hkt]
digital pentathlon --->
the first edition will take place on 6 may (psk31),
13 may (mfsk), 20 may (mt63), 27 may (hellschreiber) and 3 june (throb).
details can be found on the digital qso club's (d-qso-c) web site at
http://dqso.net/text/penrules-en.html [tnx f8ref]
iia summer activity 2005 --->
this award is available to either licenced
amateurs and swls for contacting stations operating from italian islands
between 21 june and 21 september. for full information please visit the
strange radio team's web site (
http://www.strangeradioteam.com/) or e-mail
the award manager, simone bizzarri, iz0btv (iz0btv@inwind.it).
iota contest --->
ric, dl2vfr is compiling his traditional iota contest
planned activities listing at
www.iota-post.com. if you plan to participate
in this year's event, please do not forget to drop a line to either ric
(dl2vfr@darc.de) and 425 dx news (i1jqj@425dxn.org).
most wanted survey --->
the dx magazine's (
http://www.dxpub.com) annual most
wanted survey was conducted between mid-september and late october 2004
[425dxn 698], when the vu4rbi & vu4nro dxpedition to the andamans was still
to take place. the top 20 most wanted dxcc entities are north korea, andaman
& nicobar is., scarborough reef, lakshadweep is., yemen, peter i island,
navassa i., desecheo i., bouvet i., kure i., crozet i., kerguelen is., prince
edward & marion is., glorioso is., amsterdam & st. paul is., heard i., mount
athos, aves i., palmyra & jarvis is., south orkney islands.
qsl ex8ab --->
cards for bek, ex8ab should be sent to df9fxk (mail drop),
whose new address is: alexander koenig, don-bosco str.7, d-63500
seligenstadt, germany. [tnx ex8ab]
qsl r1anl --->
nikolaj, rw6acs operated as r1anl from novolazarevskaya base
(ua-08 for the antarctica award, iota an-016) back in 1997-98. there are
problems in getting the card from the qsl manager (ua6ah), and a new qsl
route was arranged a few days ago. nikolaj will send his original logs to
dominik, dl5ebe, who will have a new qsl printed. dominik will handle also
the cards for nikolaj's activity as r1anb from mirny base (ua-07; an-016).
[tnx dl5ebe]
sverige 1905 --->
this award will be issued by the swedish amateur radio
society (ssa) to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the union
between norway and sweden (7 june 1905). the award, which will be available
to either licenced amateurs and swls, is for working amateur radio stations
from sweden between 00.00 utc on 17 may and 24.00 utc on 6 june. for further
information please contact the award manager, bengt hogkvist (sm6dec) at
sm6dec@svessa.sevictory-60 --->
the ukrainian amateur radio league sponsors the victory-60
award for contacts made/heard with amateur radio memorial stations and
veterans of world war ii located around the world between 1 and 31 may 2005.
for further information please contact the uarl award manager, vlad ageyev
(ur5wcw) at
vage@lviv.farlep.net_____________________________________________________________________________
