The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 294
BID: $OPDX.294 March 3, 1997
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, K2BF, N3SL, 9K2HN, DJ5AV & DX News Letter, DL3ABL,
F6AJA, G4BUE & DX News Sheets, I4LCK, JH2PDS/1, LA6WEA,
OZ8RO, SP6ECA, VE6NU, VK3EW and ZS1AEC for the following DX
information.
3Y, BOUVET. The "DX News
Sheet" reports Kaare, LA2GV, was active for only three hours
during the morning of February 22nd as 3Y2GV, on 18090 kHz QSX
5/6 up, working Europe. Kaare, (who was a member of the first
Peter 1 DXpedition), was travelling on a Norweigan Antarctic ship
and was unable to give any warning of the operation. QSL to home
call. Meanwhile, the South Sandwich Island Antarctic DX Group
1997/98 operation will depart Cape Town January, 1998, on the 67
metre vessel called "Afrique du Sud", and be active for
12 days. Tony, WA4JQS, and Barry, ZS1FJ, are planning the
operation which will cost US $100k.
9M6, MALAYSIA. Charlotte, KQ1F,
and Paul, K1XM, will be operating from Sabah starting in
mid-March. Their callsigns are 9M6TCR and 9M6TPR respectively.
This is a combined scuba-diving and amateur radio trip. They will
bring a small station consisting of an Icom IC-735 and Cushcraft
AP-8 vertical. Operation is planned from three islands, all using
the same callsigns: Borneo, Sipadan and Layang Layang. QSL all
via KQ1F.
C6, BAHAMAS. Andrea, DL3ABL, and
Michael, DL6MHW, are going to The Bahamas for their spring
holiday. They will be staying on New Providence from March 24th
until April 4th. They plan to give a contact to anyone who needs
C6. If possible, they will focus on the Japanese, who seem to be
hardest to reach. Their expected calls are C6A/DL6MHW and
C6A/DL3ABL. Using a ICOM 706, a Butternut HF6 and some wires for
the low bands, they will be active on CW/SSB on all HF-bands
(especially look for them on 14260 kHz). Andrea is also going to
take part in the CQWW WPX Contest during their time there. QSL
via the bureau or direct to: Andrea Diekmann, Bruno-Taut-Ring 56,
D-39130 Magdeburg, Germany.
FINAL TALLY FROM V5. The recent
Namibian V5 operations by W0YG, KV0Q, WB0HBS and W8UVZ is now
history. Nearly 4000 QSOs were made before and after the ARRL CW
Contest, with an emphasis on the low bands. In fact, nearly 1300
QSOs were made on 160 meters including the first ever V5 Japanese
QSOs. The operators worked every state except KL7, on top band
(including one KH6 QSO). During the ARRL CW Contest, nearly 3500
QSOs were made on all 6 bands. QSL routes are as follows:
V5/ZS6YG via W0YG (formerly KY0A)
V5/W8UVZ via W8UVZ home call
V51Z direct only via ZS6EZ
Meanwhile, Charlie, W0YG, who is a professional photographer,
is still in Africa and will not be back to Colorado until March
10th. The V5/ZS6YG QSL will be a photo card to be printed AFTER
his return. Therefore, QSLing is not expected to begin until
mid-April at the earliest.
FR, REUNION ISLAND. Guy, F5MNW,
will be active as FR/F5MNW or TO5UFT from here March 22nd to
April 6th. He will be mostly active on CW. Also, look for
FR/IK2GNW to be active, especially on 80 and 160 meters from
March 15-20th.
HF0POL, SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS (UPDATE). The
operator at the HF0POL station is Mark, SP3GVX. He is active
mostly on CW +7 kHz from the band edge and can be found on the
band around 0100z and later. During his daytime hours he is very
busy in the camp. This is the Antarctic summer, and he has a lot
of work to do. More activity will come later in the year. His
equipment is a FT-757 and Atlas, amp. 1kW, 2 PC's. Currently he
has only simple wire antennas because all previous antennas were
broken. His antenna farm is very swampy right now because of the
summer. QSL via SP3FYM to receive a very nice colored QSL with a
view of the camp site. Correct SP3FYM's address: Henryk Karwowski
SP3FYM, P.O.Box 832, 66 400 GORZOW WLKP, POLAND.
HS9, TERUTAO ISLAND (NEW IOTA).
The South Thailand DX Group and the Diamond DX club ITALIA are
organizing an IOTA DXpedtion to this island located in the Butang
Group. Look for operators HS0/IK4MRH, I4LCK, E21AOY/8 and HS1ASN,
from March 14-22th, using a special callsign HS9AL. They will be
active with two stations SSB and CW all bands (possibly on WARC
bands as well). QSL via I4LCK.
JW, SVALBARD. Rag, OZ8RO, will
once again reactivate JW5HE from March 24-31th. He likes working
the WARC bands. QSL via OZ8RO and 1 green stamp is enough for
return postage. Ray requests, "Please use international size
enevelopes!!!"
JX, JAN MAYEN. Per, JX7DFA,
continues to be active on the lower bands. He has been on almost
every day during the last week working stateside stations during
their evening hours (around 0300z). For CW, check 3512 and 1824.5
kHz and for SSB on 3599 and 1842 kHz. Meanwhile, Per has promised
to come on RTTY before he leaves the island. He is currently
facing some problem with the rtty interface but hopes to solve
the problem soon. QSL to his homecall LA7DFA. Do not expect QSLs
before late April, after his return to Norway.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
The 2nd District QSL regrets to inform FPDX that Gene
Ege, WB2LCH, manager for many Carribean area stations and
others has failed to claim the QSLs sent via the bureau
for the stations he manages since January, 1995. After
many notices, unanswered letters and an attempt at a
dialogue, the bureau considers his account closed and the
many cards that were on-hand have been destroyed in
accordance with bureau policy. All QSLs where WB2LCH is
the manager must now be sent DIRECT ONLY!
F5GTW has received the last part of the logs (up to
December 29th, 1996) for FT5WE. Also, he has received a
lot of QSLs for FT5ZG and states HE IS NOT the manager
for this station. The QSL for FT5ZG is via F5RQQ.
Rich, WA9BXB, is offering his QSL Services to DX
stations. He is currently the QSL Manager for VK3MO,
TI2IDX and TI4IDX. He pays for all the QSL Cards himself
- all he needs is the logs to be posted to him on a
monthly basis! You can reach him at (e-mail VinCop@aol.com) or CBA:
Richard Breckinridge, WA9BXB, 3827 Kemman Avenue,
Brookfield, Illinois 60513-1521 USA
KH6RS QSLs. Hillar, N6HR, states QSLs for the KH6RS ARRL
CW Contest operation will be QSLed unsolicited 100% via
bureaus. The cards are currently at the printer.
9K2RR/NLD and 9K2RR QSLs. Operator 9K2RR, Faisal, states
all QSLs for 9K2RR and 9K2RR/NLD should now go to KU9C.
KU9C now has the 9K2RR log books.
T33, BANABA ISLAND. Ron, ZL1AMO,
hopes to go to Banaba Island in April. No other details were
given.
VI3GP, SPECIAL EVENT STATION. On
Sunday, March 9th, the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,
will for the second successive year, host the first race of the
Formula 1 Grand Prix season. Most of the GP circuit, which
surrounds the picturesque Albert Park Lake on the southern
outskirts of the city, is a normal part of the urban network used
by daily commuters, other than the Grand Prix week when it is
closed to all but race traffic. In conjunction with this major
event, the Eastern and Mountain District Radio Club (EMDRC Inc.)
has once again been granted approval to operate an Amateur Radio
Special Event Station with the call sign VI3GP (Victor India 3
Grand Prix). The station will be operational from 0000z on
Thursday, 6th March to 2359z on Sunday, 9th March from Club
members' homes on a roster basis. "The Special Station will
NOT be on air from the race track itself." The following
frequencies (+/- QRM) will be used at appropriate times:
Dave, VK3EW, one the operators, states to look for him to be
active on SSB on 3799 kHz and 1840 kHz. Stations contacting VI3GP
should QSL to VK3ER either via the Bureau or direct to the
Callbook address (P.O. Box 87, MITCHAM, Victoria 3132). If
direct, Australian stations should please enclose a self
addressed stamped envelope, and Overseas stations should enclose
a self addressed envelope together with sufficient IRCs or Green
Stamps for return postage of a standard size QSL card. If
insufficient postage is enclosed, cards will be returned via the
Bureau.
XF3, COZUMEL ISLAND. Rick, NE8Z,
will be here from now until March 8th, as NE8Z/XF3. Cozumel
Island is IOTA NA-090. Rick states he will not be taking his own
rig this time, but he plans on visiting a local friend there...if
possible he will be on the IOTA frequency 14260 kHz.
ZK1, SOUTH COOK ISLAND. Willy,
VE6JO, will be in Raratonga from now until March 10th. His
callsign will be ZK1JOO. Details on operating were not provided.
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