The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 257
BID: $OPDX.257 June 10, 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, WA3YVN, W5IJU & Island News, AA5DX, NL7TB, K8YSE,
CT1ENQ & NPDXG, DF4RD, DL7VOA, DL9GOA & DX News Letter,
EI7DNB, F6ARA & LNDX, G3ZYP, G4BUE & DX News Sheet,
GB2ATG & BARTG, HA0DU, HA0HW, JA1IDY, PA3BIZ, VE9AA and
YV5EED for the following DX information.
3Z, POLAND. Activity by 3Z0WAW
has been heard on all bands (including the WARC bands), CW and
SSB at various times through out the day. This is a special event
station in Poland to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the
transfer of the capital city from Cracow to Warsaw by Zygmunt III
Waza. Length of activity is unknown. QSL via SP5PBE.
4M5, VENEZUELA (IOTA ALERT!). A
group of 16 Venezeulan operators will activate Los Roques Island,
SA-35, to celebrate Venezuelan Navy Day. Operation will take
place from July 18-21st. They will operate CW, SSB, RTTY,
satellite, VHF packet and 6 and 2 meters. The callsign will be
4M5LR and QSLs go to WS4E.
5V, TONGO. Roy, DL7UBA, and
Lars, DL7ALM, have been very active as 5V7HR and 5V7ML,
respectively, and will continue to do so until June 18th. Their
activity seems to be mainly CW, but some SSB operations have been
reported. Activity will be on all bands including the WARC bands.
QSL via the homecalls.
9H, MALTA. On a combination
holiday/DXpedition, operators Frits/PA0BEA, Bill/PA3BIZ,
Teun/PA0TPM, Peter/PE1NZA, Anton/PA3CRA, Eric/PA3DES,
Phillip/PA3EPV, and Andre/PA0JR will be active from June 23th
until July 6th, as 9H3IE, 9H3ON, 9H3TD, 9H3TE, 9H3UJ, 9H3UK,
9H3WA and 9H3WH, respectively. The eight operator team will be
active on 80-2 meters and 70 cms, including satellite operation.
Operations (if possible) will be around the clock on the usual DX
frequencies. From 1900-2100z, the group will be on 14180 and
18140 kHz during a Dutch net. They will be operating from the
town of Sliema (Grid JM75FV and IOTA EU-023). All QSLs direct via
CBA or Dutch QSL bureau. QSLs can also be sent through their club
PI4KGL, P.O. Box 1126, 2340 BCOEGSTGEEST, The Netherlands.
BS7, SCARBOROUGH REEF. Your
editor was told in Dayton by a well-known DXer not to report on
the specifics on this one. But since most of all the DX bulletins
have reported that another DXpedition to Scarborough Reef could
take place in October 1996 (ed. I was told later!) when the
typhoon seasons ends, I figured I would join in on the fun
reporting the possibility of an operation.
CANADIAN IOTA ISLANDS. John,
N6JM, will be active from the following islands with a vertical
on 10-80 meters: Anticosti Island NA-077 (July 1-3rd), an island
from the Newfoundlands Coast Group NA-198 (July 9/10th) and La
Madeleine Island NA-038 (July 20/21).
CY0AA (SABLE DXPEDITION) FINAL UPDATE.
Preparations for this operation continue to proceed on time and
on schedule. Mike, VE9AA, will be the first arrival on the
island. The CY0AA operation should begin on June 18th. The second
group (WA8JOC & W9OEH) will then begin additional activity
for another 9 to 10 days on June 24th, and all 3 stations will be
active until July 3rd in the early morning. The band plan has now
been updated to include 432 Mhz also. Look for them on the
standard HF split frequencies, and on VHF, 50.110, or if a second
station is needed on 6 meters at the same time. Due to multiple
Es openings, the second frequency of 50.225 may be used. QSL
information will be repeated periodically. Please LISTEN to the
operators instructions. QSLs for 160-10 meters will go to WD8SDL,
and for any VHF (2,4,6,70cm and satellite QSOs, cards should be
sent to VE9AA. They ask that all cards go direct, with SASE
(Canadian stamp etc. for VHF cards) required. Bureau cards will
be handled but at a lower priority, and will most probably be of
a lesser quality than direct QSLs. Turnaround time for bureau
cards will try to be kept under a year. ADDED NOTE: OPDX InterNet
subscribers will receive an additional bulletin containing the
complete news release. Also, check out their WEB site at: http://www.cam.org/~dino/sable.html
JD1, MINAMI TORISHIMA. The DX
News Sheets report that JG8NQJ will return to here on July 15th
for a 3 month stay as JG8NQJ/JD1. QSL via JA8CJY.
KH5 & KH5K, PALMYRA/JARVIS ISLAND AND
KINGMAN REEF. The Northern Portugal DX Group report
rumors from Hawaii stating that a DXpedition to Palmyra (KH5) and
Kingman Reef (KH5K) is in the works. For now the operators are in
the planning phase and are facing the first major problem of
getting the very difficult permission to land on Kingman Reef.
(UPDATES to OPDX are very appreciated.)
NEW DX USENET GROUP NOW ACTIVE.
Add the following new UseNet group
"rec.radio.amateur.dx" to your reading list. Check it
out!
OOPS DEPARTMENT. In last week's
bulletin, we reported that cards for VQ9DX should go to AA6DX
(WRONG!). VQ9DX cards go via AA5DX.
P5, NORTH KOREA. Sanyi, HA7VK
(ex-XU7VK, XU95HA), is currently in Phenjan, North Korea at the
Hungarian Embassy and has contacted several North Korean
officials, reports the following: "At present time there is
absolutely no chance to get an amateur radio license in North
Korea. They will not even talk about a permission to
operate." Sanyi has also spoken to BZ1HAM and other Chinese
operators in Beijing, who have tried to pursue the same thing,
but they have received the same results.
SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS
Look for two stations (TM1V and TM8OV) to be active for
the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Verdun (1st World
War). They will be active on all bands SSB from June
10-16th. QSL TM1V via F5NPS and TM8OV via F5REQ.
YM21HCS and YM22HCS are special stations to commeorate
the United Nations Conference on Habitat 2 in Istanbul.
HCS means Habitat City Summit. YM21HCS is located on the
European side of Istanbul and YM22HCS is located on the
Asian side in Istanbul. Opearators are members of TA1KB
(European side club station) and TA2KK (Asian side club
station). JA1IDY was able to join the group's operation
at YM22HCS from June 3-4th during his stay while
participating in Habitat 2. Activity of these stations
will last until June 14th. QSL via TA2BK or via the
bureau.
SV8, AEGEAN ISLANDS (GREECE). The
Island News (News and Views for Radio Amateur Island Hunter,
published twice each month) reports Vitto, I3BQC, will be active
from the island called Samos (IOTA EU-049) and possibly other
islands in the area June 20th to July 5th as SV8/I3BQC. QSL via
CBA.
TRANSATLANTIC CHALLENGE. To
assist in the study of transatlantic VHF propagation, a test
beacon will operate from the SW coast of Ireland from Sunday 9th
June 1996, for a period of aproximately 3 months. The beacon's
callsign is EI3DP/P, operating on 144.480 MHz (CW) and running 25
watts with a 8 element Quagi at 20 ft, pointing at USA/Canada.
Beacon transmissions are every 60 seconds sending "TEST DE
EI3DP/P EI3DP/P EI3DP/P QTH IO41XP". Any station in
USA/Canada which monitors the transmission and wishes to attempt
a two way QSO is invited to telephone a paging receiver number
+353 1 2032371. This will give a bureau service with Alphanumeric
message service. The station operator Jim Ryan, EI3DP, will
appreciate any reports from stations who may monitor the
transmission. Home address as per callbook. Tel: (home +353 21
632365) (work) +353 21 504744
ZL8RI KERMADEC ISLAND DXPEDITION WRAP-UP...
Al, WA3YVN, provided OPDX with a detailed fax of the ZL8RI
operation. The ZL8RI team consisting of Ken/ZL2HU (Leader),
Lee/ZL2AI, Chris/ZL2DX, Ron/ZL2TT, Peter/ZL3GQ, Bin/JA3ENU and
Al/WA3YVN were able to make 34,000 QSOs including 1,439 on RTTY
and 303 on 160 meters. The QSO breakdown was: 54.6% SSB, 41.2% CW
and 4.2% RTTY. This accomplishment was done despite a day of
strong gale winds which damaged their 160 meter antenna a few
days before leaving. They also had a generator fail, and it could
not be repaired. Violent weather also played a big part on their
trip there and back. The sailing ship the "EVOHE" lost
one of two engines on the trip back to New Zealand which made
some of the operators have doubts whether or not the ship would
make it back on its own power. In all, the ZL8RI DXpedition was a
big success, and the DX community is very appreciative of their
hard work to provide many with a new one!
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