The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 262
BID: $OPDX.262 July 15, 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, N2AU & Inside DX, K4CEF, KQ4GC, KR4UJ, N4UCK,
WB4RMJ, WA5YKO, KD8JN, W9JOO & Island Hopper, K0HB,
W4/YV5DTA, DL6ET, G4BUE & DX News Sheet, G4BWP, HA1AG,
JH1HRJ, PS7AB and SV1CIB and for the following DX information.
4M, LOS MONJES ISLAND (Venezuela).
Steve, W4/YV5TDA, reports he will be going home for the CQ WW
RTTY Contest this upcoming September. He will operate as Single
Op/Single Band (20 meters) from SA-016 and use the callsign 4M1I.
His dad, Luigi, YV5ENI, will accompany him to the island and will
take care of all IOTA lovers on SSB. Steve will do CW before the
contest and maybe some satellite. If the transportation to Los
Monjes fails, Steve will go to La Tortuga (SA-044) and use the
4M5I callsign. QSL via I2CBM.
5A1A QSL CARDS UPDATE. Bart,
K4CEF, supplied OPDXB with the latest on Toly's 5A QSL situation
direct from W4BRE. As of July 11, 1996, everything is
right-on-schedule for the QSLing of the July, 1995, 5A1A
operation. Toly, naturally, has all the original copies of the
paper logs, and after a hard-drive crash after Dayton, he has
gotten all the QSOs re-entered. A copy of the original paper logs
and the computer disks have been sealed with the Ukrainian
Customs Seal and were sent to N4AA, EXPRESS MAIL early morning
July 11 for a 4 to 6 day delivery. Toly has all your cards sent
long ago to the original OM and LZ QSL Managers and has started
answering these cards as of 7/11/96. ADDED NOTE: All OPDX
InterNet Subscribers will receive the complete press release as
an added bulletin.
8J1SEA, SPECIAL EVENT STATION (JAPAN).
Station 8J1SEA will be active on the air for celeberating the new
Japanese national holiday "Sea Day", July 20th.
Operations will be from July 19th, 0000z to July 21, 0800z. The
station will be located in the Odaiba-Kaihin Park on the Tokyo
Bay, Minato-ku (Ward), Tokyo. Operations will be on CW, SSB and
Satellites with activity on 80-10 meters (possible 160), and
VHF/UHF. Contacts for DX stations will be made mainly on 17/20/40
meters (SSB/CW) from 0900 to 2200z, because of propagation
conditions.
AFRICAN DXPEDITION (D6/FH, Comoros and
Mayotte). Look for Maike/DL4XS, Dieter/DL3KDV and
Mirko/DL6ET to be active from Comoros, August 22nd to September
3rd. After their time there, they will travel to Mayotte to be on
the air until September 11th. Their callsigns will be issued upon
their arrival at Comoros and at Mayotte they will be active as
FH/homecall. The group plans to be active (with good antennas) on
all HF Bands on CW, SSB and RTTY, with a major emphasis on the
lowbanders, including some serious operations on 80 and 160
meters. QSL to DL4XS via the bureau or direct. Please note that
the CallBook entry is no longer valid. New Adress is Maike
Stargardt, Friedrichsthal 21, 51688 Wipperfuerth, Germany.
DEVOTED BULLETINS FOR CHASING ISLANDS....
Art Hubert, N2AU, and Terry Long, W9JOO, have worked
together to write the "Island Hopper"
(bi-weekly) and "Inside DX" (weekly) bulletins
for IOTA, DIE... etc, chasers. For a sample copy or
subscription information send a SASE No. 10 envelope to:
Island Hopper - Terry Long, 1385 Hauptstrasse, Berne, IN
46711-1710 Inside DX - Art Hubert, 436 N. Geneva Street,
Ithaca, NY 14850
"Island News" (twice each month) by Vance Le
Pierre, W5IJU. For details on subscription, Vance can be
contacted via InterNet E-mail at: vlepierre@delphi.com
"DX News Sheets" (50 weekly issues) by the
Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB). Details on
subscription, write to RSGB, Lambda House, Cranborne
Road, Potters Bar, Hertforshire EN6 3JE.
The World Wide Web Virtual Library Page for Amateur Radio
has recently been updated. Features include: General
Information, Organizations, Clubs, Callbooks, Callsign
Search Engines, FTP Sites, Companies and Manufacturers.
It's at: http://www.meaning.com/pointers/wwwvl-ham.html
FO, CLIPPERTON ISLAND (Help wanted!).
Interesting message was entered on CompuServe this past week from
David, KE6WDL. He announces that he is both a ham (General Class)
and a long-distance singlehanded sailor. David is in the early
stages of planning a trip from Los Angeles to Panama, leaving
this coming winter. Normally, he sails nonstop, but he may try to
make a landfall at a small, uninhabited atoll -- Clipperton
Island -- about 600 nm SW of Mexico. The sole purpose of the
landfall would be to set up and operate for a day or two. David
is looking for help on several questions such as, how to obtain
license for FO-land, how to land on the island and what is needed
for DXCC? If you can help, David can be reached by E-mail at
"71046.1647@compuserve.com".
KC6, BELAU. The DXNS report that
Tosy, JA6VZB, is planning an end of the year DXpedition, possibly
December 28th to January 5th as KC6VW with emphasis on 160 meters
for Europe and Eastern USA.
OLYMPIC STATION W4O. Jim, N4UCK,
reports that the 1x1 callsign W4O has been issued as the OFFICIAL
Olympic Commemorative Station operating in Atlanta. Jim is the
trustee/holder of the callsign and it will be in use through the
Olympics into August. Please direct QSL per the instructions of
the operator on duty at time of contact. Inquires can be directed
to N4UCK.
OH0, ALAND ISLAND. This favorite
European island will once again become very active. The DXNS
report Matti/OH3MHT, and Retu/OH3NJV, will be active July
22-26th, as OH0MHT and OH0NJV, with an emphasis on SSB, 80-10
meters. QSL to home calls. Meanwhile, Jorma/OH2KI, Seppo/OH1VR,
Lasse/OH0RJ, Kari/OH3MT, Pete/OH3MEP (on RTTY) and possibly
Dave/K8MN, will be active August 1-4th, CW/SSB and RTTY with
activity on 160-6 meters. They will also make a TV show while
there. Calls will be announced at a later date. QSL via OH1VR.
P5 UPDATE. Zoli, HA1AG, received
the following message from Laci, HA0AW, (Sanyi's, HA7VK QSL
Manager) on July 11th, were Sanyi, HA7VK, received the following
letter from the Minister of PTT DPRK regarding his license
application:
"Dear Mr. Sandor Csige, On July 5th, 1996 I received
your kind letter. Your letter informed me that you serve good
purposes. However I'm required to inform to you that I can't
give you positive answer.
Yours sincerely:
Kim Hak Sob
Minister of PTT"
However, Sanyi continues to establish a very promising
relationship with the DPRK, so the P5 story has not ended just
yet. Laci has asked to tell all not to send any P5 QSL requests
to him. In the last couple of days he received dozens of QSLs to
the following slim: P51VK, P57VK, HM0DX, HM1DX, and P51HA.
SV1, CYTHERA ISLAND (Greece). Andreas/SV1BKN,
Dimitris/SV1CIB and Vasilis/ SV1DPJ will be active from this
Greek island (IOTA EU-113) from July 20-25th. This island is
located in the Peloponnisos South Group. Activity will be on all
bands (160-10 meters) SSB/CW. QSL via the bureau or direct to:
SV1BKN - Andreas Vlahos, Dimokratias 28, Voula 16673, Athens,
Greece or SV1DPJ and SV1CIB - Dimitris Lianos, P.O. Box 127,
Arginion 30100, Greece.
W4, HATTERAS ISLAND (North Carolina). Just
a reminder to all IOTA, Grid Square, and County Hunters, that
Randy, KD8JN, will be on NA-67, Grid FM-25, Dare County from
until July 20th. He will be signing KD8JN/4 de NA-067 primarily
on SSB, with CW on request. Randy will be operating all bands,
including WARC, except 160 meters. A special QSL will be
available direct or via the bureau. Send an SASE (US), or an SAE
and 1 IRC (DX) to KD8JN, Randall L. Phelps, 1226 Delverne Ave SW,
Canton, Ohio 44710-1306 U.S.A.
UPCOMING IOTA CONTEST (July 27-28th)
ACTIVITY...
NA-076 - Paul, KR4UJ, and Steven, KR4DL, will activate
Cedar Key as a Multi/Single entry. They will attempt to
activate all bands just before and during the contest in
mixed-mode.
NA-085 - Members of the Clay County DX Association will
be active as AE4SJ from (FL007S) St. George Island,
Florida, July 26-28th. Please QSL with SASE to Gary
Young, 3331 Wilderness Circle, Middleburg, FL 32068.
NA-112 - Bill, WB4RMJ, and John, WB4NFS, the O'Mara
brothers will be active from Bogue Banks (Emeral Isle),
NC, July 21-28th. Operation will include 40, 30, 20, 17
and 6 meters (50.125 FM-14) SSB and CW. During the IOTA
Contest, they will be signing W4IY/NA-112 on SSB and CW.
SA-029 - Look for ZX1A on CW and ZY1A on SSB to be active
from Grande Island located in the Rio de Janeiro State
West Group. QSL via PY1SL.
EU-124 - The callsign to be used for the contest on this
Welsh island will be MW6Z (Mike Whisky six Zulu). This
group activity is the same group which has previously
signed GW5LP/P and were runners up in the 1995 contest.
Also, this call is one of a series of 1x1 and 2x1 calls
recently authorized for contests only by the RA. ADDED
NOTE: M6Z (Mike six Zulu) was active in the IARU contest
this past weekend. This is a new call for the group which
previously signed GB4DX (and GB75DX). The GB4DX call will
continue to be used in contests where the M6Z call is not
permitted (mainly RTTY contests which the RSGB failed to
request from RA!!). QSL M6Z to G4BWP and MW6Z to G5LP.
YJ, VANUATU. Ron, ZL1AMO, who
was recently active from the Fiji signing 3D2RW, has moved on to
YJ-land and is now signing YJ0ARW. His unannounced activity has
him active on the usual 20 and 40 meter CW frequnencies. Also, it
suggested to watch for him on the WARC bands and the RTTY
frequencies. His length of stay or next stop is unknown at this
time. QSL via ZL1AMO.
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