The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 255
BID: $OPDX.255 May 27, 1996
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
Online at 216-237-8208 14400/9600/2400/1200/300 8/N/1
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio
Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster
Network, ARRL DX Bulletin, AD1C, W1YY, WA4VCC, N8AC, W9UI, DF4RD,
DL3JSW, DL7VOA, DL9GOA & DX News Letter, DL8OBC, G3NOM/JA1UT,
G4BUE & DX News Sheet, OZ8RW and XE1L for the following DX
information.
3A, MONACO (and SEBORGA). Ralf,
DL3JSW, who is part of the HB0 team listed below, will travel
here during the week on July 14th. He will try to obtain a
license for both 3A and Seborga.
3Y, BOUVET. Luis, XE1L, (at the
Dayton HamVention) reported to your editor that the South
Sandwich Island DX Group (SSIDXG) will be going to Bouvet
sometime in December 1997/January 1998. Naturally, this will be a
full scale operation. Details will be forthcoming.
5A1A CARDS APPROVED FOR DXCC CREDIT.
Your editor talked to Bill Kennamer, K5FUV, DXCC Manager at the
Dayton HamVention, and he has confirmed that the 5A1A cards (by
the Ukrainian DXpedition and the Libyan nationals) are now
accepted DXCC. DXers from around the world received this exciting
news just before preparing for the Dayton HamVention. For DXers
who attended the HamVention, this announcement turned out to be
extra special thanks to efforts by Dan, W4BRE, to make
arrangements for Toly, UT3UY, to attend Dayton. Toly was present
at the Friday night, SWODXA DX Dinner Bandquet. He announced that
he had the 5A1A cards/logs (on computer) with him and would pass
out cards after the bandquet. Toly also made an extra effort on
Saturday (at the N4AA QRZ DX booth) to personally hand write each
QSL cards for the deserving. For those of you who held off QSLing
until the 5A1A got accepted for DXCC credit, Toly states you can
QSL directly to him (for the Ukrainian operation): Anatoly
Kirilenko, P.O. Box 439/3, Kiev-151, 252151, Ukraine. Toly also
mentions it is better NOT to send more than one or two green
stamps in an envelope going to the Ukraine (And no callsigns
showing on the outside of envelope!). If you QSLed to the LZ or
the OM quite some time ago, you do NOT need to re-submit. Those
cards will be answered. Donations for Toly's hardship in putting
on this DXpedition and his efforts which have got the ASSAKR Club
Station accepted, can be sent to W4BRE, with checks made out to
"5A1A DXpedition" or "5A1A." All funds go to
Toly!
9H, ISLAND GOZO (MALTA). Felix,
DL8OBC, and Matthias, DL4OCL, have decided to return to the
Island of Gozo, the second largest of the Maltese Islands in the
Mediterranean. Their operation will take place July 22nd to
August 9th and use the callsigns 9H3UD and 9H3UF. They will be
active on all HF bands from 80-10 meters, including WARC bands,
especially emphasizing CW operation with some SSB activity. They
will be active participation in the IOTA Contest (July 27-28th).
They are seriously considering taking along equipment for the
digital modes and satellite operation. QSL 9H3UD via DL8OBC,
Felix J. Riess, P.O. Box 1253, D-30984 Gehrden, Germany. QSL
9H3UF via DL4OCL, Matthias Deutscher, P.O. Box 100412, D-30942
Ronnenberg, Germany.
BV, TAIWAN. The DXNL reports
that BO1/JP1RIW will be active from the Ma-Tsu Islands (IOTA
AS-113) between May 31 and June 2. QSL via BV2KI.
C6, BAHAMAS. Robert/K4MQG,
William/AA4R and Ted/WA4VCC will be going to the Grand Bahama
Island from June 7-14th. They will be active on 6m, 2m and 432cm
and HF. The station will be very active during the ARRL June VHF
Contest, June 8-10th. The Grid Square is FL06 and has not been on
VHF for quite sometime. Their antennas will be atop a 3-story
condo building located right on the ocean.
DXCC NEWS. This may be old news,
but since there was no bulletin printed last week and there may
be a few who have not heard, the ARRL Membership Services
Committee (MSC, a standing committee of the Board of Directors),
has received a 9 to 7 recommendation from the DX Advisory
Committee (DXAC) to make no change in the status of Mount Athos
on the ARRL DXCC Countries List. The Awards Committee reported an
unanimous vote to MSC in support of the DXAC to make no change at
this time. Since the DXAC and the Awards Committee are in
agreement in their recommendations to the MSC, the matter is
decided.
HB0, LIECHTENSTEIN. Another
group (besides the French group listed in OPDX.253) has announced
that they will active during July 14-27th. DL1JBN, DL3JSW and
DK5YY will be active on HF bands, while DG0JAG, DG0JS and DG0OKA
are active on VHF and the satellites. The two groups will
concentrate during the first week on VHF and the satellites and
during the second week the activity will turn towards 160-10
meters.
IOTA NEWS.... The Italian Midway
Dx Team, which is devoted to IOTA activity, will be active from
islands of IOTA EU-050 Group (Tremiti). Operations will begin on
May 31st to June 2nd, with activity on 40, 20, 30, 17, 15 and 10
meters SSB. Operators will be: IK6VGO, IK6JOT, IK6PTH, I6JSH and
IZ6ADX. Each operator will use his own call with IL7. The
following islands and rocks will be activated: Cretaccio Is., S.
Domino Is., S. Nicola Is., Capraia Is. and Scoglio La Vecchia.
QSL via IK6MWK.
PACIFIC DXPEDITION. Yuu
Yoshitani, JA3IG, will be active from three different islands
over the next couple of weeks. Yuu-san will be operating as
follows: May 28-30th as 3D2JA (Fiji), May 30-June 1st as A35IG
(Tonga), June 1-4th as ZK2YY (Niue) and June 5-6th as A35IG
(Tonga). Yuu-san likes to operate mainly 40 and 20 meter CW.
Check around 7005 kHz and 14025 kHz.
OX, GREENLAND (Attention 6 meter
enthusiasts!). Peter, OX3XR, is now active on 50 MHz.
His QTH is Nuuk (Grid GP44DD). Peter is stuck on one frequency,
50.110 MHz, with a fixed yagi antenna and 60 watt transmitter
located at the club station which can be remotely controlled by a
two meter HT. To give all a fair chance of working him during the
summer, he will alternate between having the yagi pointing
towards Europe and North America. Peter brings the HT with him at
his job, so he can also monitor the band during working hours.
PALESTINE. In a recent update
press release by Ray, G3NOM, he mentions that the JA1UT/JA3UB
group are planning another visit to Palestine in late June/early
July 1996. ADDED NOTE: OPDX InterNet subscribes will receive an
additional bulletin which will contain this interesting press
release.
QSL UPATES...
QSL cards for the CT3/DL7UTM DXpedition are finished and
will be sent out soon....
The NODXA Berlin group reports the first 6000 QSL cards
for the Congo-DXpedition (TN2M/TN4U) have already been
sent out. The QSL cards to be sent throught the bureau
are still in the printing process. As soon as they are
finished they will be sent. PLEASE have patience as they
will ALL be answered 100 % .....
SV5, DODECANESE. Manfred,
DL8SET, will be active as SV5/DL8SET from the Island of Rhodes
from June 6-20th. Operations will be on HF and VHF (6 meters).
QSL direct via Homecall or via bureau.
VU7, ANDAMAN ISLANDS. Well known
DXer Jim Smith, VK9NS, who at the HamVention and SWODXA DX Dinner
Bandquet, announced he has received his Indian license which is
valid for 5 years. The W.P.C. were kind enough to issue him
VU2JBS which contains his intials. He also mentioned that he
believe the permit to import the equipment being donated by the
Herard Island DX Association (HIDXA) to Mani, VU2JPS, has now
been mailed to his home on Norfolk Island. Jim stated that he
plans to return to the Andamans in July or August of this year
subject to various factors.
ZK1, SOUTH COOK ISLAND. The DXNS
report Bruce/AA8U, Stan/K8MJZ and Marilyn/AG8W, will be active
July 11-21st. This time frame will include the IARU Contest. They
will operate from Rarotonga Island as ZK1AAU in the contest and
ZK1MJZ and ZK1AGW outside the contest. There will be an all bands
effort with priority on 160 meter outside the contest. Cushcraft
is sponsoring the operation with antennas and equipment. This
group will not join DX nets or lists and requests full calls
only. QSL to AA8U.
ZS8, MARION ISLAND. A fews
reports indicate that Chris, ZS8IR, has been active. On May 21st,
he was reported active on 3799 kHz around 1345z and 2100z. On May
18th, he was heard on 14195 kHz around 0700z. He will be there
until June, 1997.
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