The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 300
BID: $OPDX.300 April 14, 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, AD1C, W3UR & The Daily DX, W1AA, WB2YQH & 59(9)
DXReport, K4TS, WT4K, W5FKX, K7JJ, NL7WA, K8YSE, W0YG, EA2CLU,
EY8MM, GB2ATG & British Amateur Radio Teledata Group, G4BUE
& DX News Sheet, ON4WW, PS7AB, T93Y, VE9AA and XV7SW for the
following DX information.
1997 DX CONVENTION ANNOUNCEMENTS...
The 6th Annual New Orleans International DX Convention
will be held August 22-23rd. The Convention is held at
the Royal Sonesta Hotel in the French Quarter - rated one
of the top ten in the U.S. by Conde Nast Travel magazine.
There is a special NO International DX Convention rate;
to get it, you should call for reservations and ask for
it using the local number (504) 586-0300. The program
will be finalized/published in the next few weeks. Early
registration is reported to be: Registration and Banquet
$60 or Guest tickets for the banquet only $40
(Registration at the door will be $66 and $44
respectively). For early registrations contact Michael
Mayer, W5ZPA, 5836 Marcia Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70124,
fax: (504) 524-2129
The Lynx DX Group Convention will be held May 1-4th, in
Oporto, Portugal, with guest speakers EA8AK, ON5NT
(VK0IR) and DF6FK (T31BB). Contact Antonio, CT1BH, or
Tony, EA5BY, (agaliana@alc.es)
for more information.
NW DX Convention by the BCDXC & Fraser Valley DXC
will take place July 25-27th, at the Richmond Inn (7551
Westminster Highway, Richmond, B.C., Canada V6X 1A3 -
Phone: (604) 273-7878, Fax (604) 278-0188). For more
information please contact:
9X, RWANDA. By the time you read
this, Mark, ON4WW, should be back in Kigali. He hopes to obtain
permission to operate on new frequencies (40/80 instead of
20/160m) or even a full license. Mark was active as 9X4WW last
time.
A7, Qatar. The "BARTG
News" reports Jean, J28JJ, is now active on RTTY from the
QARS club station as A71A. He usually can be found on Saturday.
QSL via QARS Radio Club, GM 222122, Doha, Qatar.
BIOSPHERE 2 OPERATION. On April
20th, Amateur Radio Operators from the Tucson area will host a
special event station at the Biosphere 2 Center in Oracle, AZ.
This event will kick off Earth Week Activities at the Biosphere.
The activities will include a science fair for school age
children along with no admission charges on April 20th, 1997.
This is the first time this type of event involving amateur radio
has ever been attempted at the Biosphere 2 Center. The Special
Event Station will operate with the cooperation of the Southern
Arizona DX Association, the Radio Society of Tucson, the Tucson
Repeater Association and the Old Pueblo Radio Club. This event
will be operating under the club call sign of K7RST from 1300z
April 20th to 0000z on the 21st. The following frequencies will
be used: SSB - 50130, 28405, 21238, 14238 and 7245 kHz; CW -
21138 (novice), 7117.5 (novice); and FM - 147.140 MHz. A
beautiful commemorative certificate will be available. Please QSL
with a 9 x 12 SASE to K0DVH (ex-KC7NCB) with signal reports and
contact number on your QSL. For more information about the
Biosphere 2 Center and Columbia University, (who presently
manages the Center) check out the web page at http://www.bio2.edu
Other questions can be directed to Dave Kalahar - KD4HXT, SADXA
Chairman, at: cool-fm@theriver.com
CY9, ST. PAUL ISLAND. Mike
VE9AA, states the CY9AA operation by K7BV, VE1PZ, and himself
will now be from June 26th to July 3rd.
EK, ARMENIA. EK6OCM states to
look for him to be active on 20 meters RTTY. QSL PSE via K6EID.
FR/J, JUAN DE NOVA. The
"59(9) DXReport" states FR5KH/J and FR5FT/J are
reportedly active for "50 days from March 21". QSL via
F6FNU.
IOTA/USI NEWS...
Clay County DX Assocication of North Florida (N4GZ) will
be active from St. George Island (NA-085 and USI FL-007S)
April 24-27. The club will be on all bands, both CW and
SSB. Please QSL via bureau or direct with SASE to: CCDXA
- N4GZ, 3331 Wilderness Circle, Middleburg, FL.
32068-4129.
Tony/WF1N and Lou/KA1DIG will be on Pot Island (The
Thimbles, NA-136) April 25-27th. Activity will be SSB on
20 and 40 meters (they will listen down on 40 for DX and
up for USA). QSL via home calls (SASE, PSE), via the
bureau or EQSL for U.S. Islands. This will be a new
island for USI.
OOOOPPPSS DEPARTMENT. Thanks to
Rolf, XV7SW, in pointing out the name for XV7TH in OPDX.299 was
listed wrong. The name of XV7TH is Torsten, not Rolf.
PIRATE ALERT! Nodir, EY8MM, Vice
President of the Tajik Amateur Radio League, reports a station,
EY4AA/6, was active on 80 meters the past few weeks. He states
there is no license issued for this callsign and possibly this
operation is taking place from Krasnodar, Russia (UA6A).
QSL INFO AND UPDATE...
Chuck, K7PT, has informed OPDX that he is now the QSL
Manager for 5V7MD. QSLs can be sent to: Chuck Degard, 919
W. Vaughn St., Tempe, Az 85283.
Charlie, W0YG, states to start looking for the V5/ZS6YG
cards in the mail. ALL Stateside cards received to date
either went into the mail April 10th or 11th. Overseas
cards should have gone out during the past weekend.
SPECIAL EVENT STATION. In the
middle of this month through the 12th of October, the club
station EA2URD will be active with the special callsign EG97CMC
to celebrate the "1997 World Cycling Championships of
Road" in San Sebastian (October 8-12th). They will operate
on all bands and modes with a special emphasis in the CQWW WPX CW
Contest (May 24-25th). QSL direct to: EA2URD, P.O. Box 1198,
20.080 San Sebastian, Spain or via the bureau. For more
information send Jose, EA2CLU, an E-mail message to: ea2clu@ctv.es. Also check the WEB
page: http://www.donsnsn.es/mundial97/
SPECIAL EVENT STATION.
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Coast Guard Air Station
on Kodiak Island (Alaska), look for KL7HKX (U.S. Coast Guard
Amateur Radio Club) to be active for the entire month of April.
Look for the operators to be active on 20 meters (14240-14280
kHz). A contact will get you a Special Event QSL card via the
callbook address or via the bureau. For more more information
contact John/NL7WA at roger@ptialaska.net
SPECIAL GET WELL SOON goes out
to Bernie, W3UR, Editor of "The Daily DX", who was
admitted to the hospital late in the evening on Wednesday, April
9th, in an emergency situation with acute appendicitis.
SPECIAL REQUEST. Dave, K7JJ, an
ex-operator of HZ1AB (1954 & 1977-86), has asked OPDX for
help in finding out the actual start date of the HZ1AB station.
Present and former operators are attempting to determine if this
is the anniversary year for the callsign. Records have been
"misplaced" over the years with all the moves the
station has made around Dhahran Airport. They think it was 1947
(maybe '46). They are looking for a confirmed contact in the form
of an early QSL card received by anyone 50 years or more ago.
They can contact Dave with details via E-mail at: k7jj@ix.netcom.com. Dave
also has a WEB site at: http://www.netcom.com/~k7jj/hz1ab.html
SV9, CRETE. Bert, PA3GIO, will
be active from here April 28-May 5th. Operations will be on 20-10
meters SSB plus WARC bands and maybe 40/80 meters. His callsigns
will be SV9/PA3GIO/P and SV9/PA3GIO/M.
T97, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA. You
still have a few days to work this one. The ARABiH Headquarters
states that in the honor of Pope John Paul II's visit to
Bosnia-Herzegovina, the members of ARABiH will operate under the
special callsign T97POPE. Activity will be on all HF bands 160-10
meters now through April 15th. Special QSL card can be requested
via the bureau or direct to : T97POPE, P.O. Box 61, 71000
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
W1AA/IMD (Marconi Radio Club Station).
Look for this station on April 19th. It represents the Marconi
Station CC on Cape Cod where the "First Two Way
Transatlantic Radio Spark Transmission" took place in 1903
between the USA and Europe. QSL via W1AA: Marconi Radio Club,
R.J. Doberty, P.O. Box 1193, Lakeville, MA 02347-1193.
10TH INTERNATIONAL MARCONI DAY. This
event is organized by "The Cornish Radio Amateur Club"
and will take place next weekend on April 19th. The activities
will run a full 24 hours from 0000 to 2300z and will take place
on all HF bands with all modes of communication encouraged. There
will be the usual number of high profile official participating
groups representing former Marconi operating locations. A
certificate is available for contacting these groups (seven
different categories available). Here are some of the stations
that will be active:
CT1TGM - Coimbra, Portugal DA0IMD - Borkum Island
EI2IMD - Crookhaven, Eire EI3MFT - Letterfrack
EI3IMD - Dublin Bay EI4IMD - Clifden Galway
EI4JAM - Dublin EI5IMD - Crookhaven Site
EI6YXQ - Ballybunnion GB0MAR - Puckpool Iow
ED7IMD - Cadiz.s Spain GB1IMD - Leicester
GB0IMD - Alum Bay I.O.W. GB2MID - Sandbanks Poole
GX0MWT - Chelmsford GB4IMD - Truro
GB2GM - Poldhu Cove GM4MD - Old Carnarfon STN
GB2MDI - Pepperbox Hill GB4MPC - Cullercoates
GB2SFL - S. Foreland L'house GB5MD - Flatholm/Lavernock
GB4JAM - Isle of Wight GB2MD - RSGB Potters Bar
GB4MDI - Lavernock Point GB?MD - Break Down Site
IY0GA - Sardina Island IY0TCI - Civitavecchia
IY0ORP - Rocca Di Pappa, Rome IY4FGM - Pontechio
IY1TTM - Sestri Levante W1AA/IMD - Cape Cod Mass.
IY1MR - Rapallo, Genova OE1M - Vienna
WB6TMY/IMD - Marshall, CA PR1MD - Rio de Janeiro
PQ1MD - Rio de Janeiro PT1MD - Rio de Janeiro
PS1MD - Rio de Janeiro PV1MD - Rio de Janeiro
PU1MD - Rio de Janeiro PX1MD - Rio de Janeiro
PW1MD - Rio de Janeiro NW2P - Somerville, N.J.
ZW1TTO - Rio de Janeiro ZW1USK - Rio de Janeiro
VE1IMD - Glace Bay, N.S. ZS6IMD - Johannesburg
VO1IMD - St. Johns NFD ZW1LL - Rio de Janeiro
TM0IMD - Srirling Wendel VK2IMD - Wahroonga NSW
IY4W - Casalecchio di Reno bo For more details on how to
obtain awards and/or send for awards, send a request to: Sue
Thomas, G0PGX, Cornish Radio Amateur Club, I.M.D. Awards Manager,
P.O. Box 100, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 1RX
ZK1, NORTH COOK ISLANDS. The
Date Line DX Association is in the final planning stages of an
operation to North Cook scheduled for September 20-27th. This
operation will have the same goals of its last operation,
AL7EL/KH9 Wake Island, that being priority to low bands and East
Coast North America and EU. North Cook is currently ranked number
85 in the recent ARRL DXCC Most Wanted 100 and is ranked in the
mid 20s for Europe. Three radios will be operational with one of
those radios specifically for RTTY where it is ranked number 46
overall on RTTY. Numerous sponsors are providing equipment.
Current operators are N7RO, N4RF (ex-AB4AE), WA4YBV, KI6AN and
K8XP (ex-AL7EL). They are solicitating for an additional
operator, specifically someone who is a Medical Doctor or one
with equal professional qualifications. Anyone interested can
contact Tom, K8XP, at: K4TSJ@juno.com
ZV, BRAZIL. Look for ZV3A to be
active from the Brazilian Tramandai Lighthouse (good for the
Brazilian Lighthouse Award (DFB): RS-04) from April 25-27th.
Operations will be on SSB 40-20 meters (Also check the Brazil DX
Net). QSL via PY3AAC: A.V.Christensen - Rua Ir. Jose Otao
170/1302, 90035-060, P.Alegre/RS/Brazil, or via the bureau.
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Tedd Mirgliotta KB8NW
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