The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 304
BID: $OPDX.304 May 12, 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, W2UDT, KF2TI, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4GN, F6AJA,
G3NOM, G4BUE & DX News Sheet, G0WMW, IK1HLG, JA1ELY, JA3TJA,
LA4BN and VK1FF/WB2FFY for the following DX information.
SPECIAL NOTE FROM EDITOR: NO BULLETIN NEXT
WEEK..... Your editor will be attending the Dayton HamVention.
Hope to see you there. As usual, please keep sending your DX
information. (You never know, I may put one together if I receive
enough information before I leave.)
3A, MONACO. The "DX News
Sheet reports Marc, ON5FP, and Kristof, ON6NN, will be active
July 21-24th as 3A/ON5FP and 3A/ON6NN. This will be a SSB only
operation. QSL via ON5FP direct or via bureau. Meanwhile, reports
from Italy state that Tony, IK1QBT, and Mauro, IK1CJO, will be
active from May 31st to June 2nd, signing 3A/homecall. Tony will
operate on all bands (WARC bands included) but CW only. Mauro
will be active on RTTY only. For RTTY, check 21082, 14082 and
7037 kHz. The QSLs may go via the bureau or direct to their resp
ectives home calls:
IK1QBT, Tony Gallo, Via Capo S.Spirito 1/16, 17020
Borghetto Santo Spirito (SV), Italy
IK1CJO, Mauro Ferrua, Casella Postale 41, 17031 Albenga
(SV), Italy
3D2, FIJI. Jack, VK2GJH, will be
active from Suva Rabi Island as 3D2JH. Activity will be from June
27th to August 5th. Look for activity on 80-6 meters. During his
stay on Fiji, he plans to make a trip to Tuvalu (T2) on July 5th
to be active as T20JH, from Funafuti. His length of stay is
unknown. QSL to CBA.
3Z0, POLAND. Look for 3Z0JP to
be active between May 20th and June 15th. This special event
station will be on the air to celebrate the visit of Pope John
Paul II to Poland. Activity will be on CW/SSB with operations on
80-10 meters. Also look for 6 and 2 meters SSB activity. QSL via
SP6GVU.
5R, MADAGASCAR. 5R8DA is now
reportedly active on 6 meters. He is using an IC-706 with a five
element beam. Meanwhile, YL Nonia, 5R8FJ, has been active and was
found this past week on 17 meters (around 18075). Her activity
was during 0945z and 1100z.
9N, NEPAL. Another operator is
headed here to be active sometime in May. Be on the look out for
Murray, VE5SM, who plans to sign as 9N1SM. Operations will be on
20 and 40 meters only. QSL via VE8PW direct or via the bureau.
BV, TAIWAN. Ikuo, JA3TJA, states
he and Katsumi, JH3IMR, will be visiting Brouce, BV2KI, and will
be active from his QTH. They plan to be active from May 28-30th.
The two operators will be signing BV/JH3IMR and BV/JA3TJA. Their
planned activity will be on 40-10 meters using mainly RTTY and
SSB. QTH via their home call.
BS7H'S EARLY DEPARTURE UPDATE.
Excerpts from Tim's (N4GN) press release state "the
Philippine government announced on 28 April (within hours of the
BS7H/MM departure from Guangzhou) that three Chinese military
ships had been spotted in the area around Mischief Reef in the
Spratly Islands. Mischief Reef is claimed by both the Philippines
and China. Philippine President Fidel Ramos immediately lodged an
official diplomatic protest with Beijing, and ordered increased
Navy and Air Force presence in the area. Although the Spratly
Islands lie some 300 miles to the south of Scarborough Reef, news
of the escalating tensions in the region was immediately relayed
to the BS7H crew. The expedition to Scarborough actually involved
two P.R.C. Ocean Bureau vessels--one carrying the BS7H team with
an Ocean Bureau crew, the other carrying only Ocean Bureau
personnel. The two Ocean Bureau captains were disturbed by the
news from the Spratly Islands, but everyone agreed to press on
toward Scarborough. On the first day of on-the-air operations by
BS7H (30 April), two Philippine military reconnaisance jets
overflew the reef at low altitude. Then, late on 01 May, a
Philippine Navy ship arrived at the reef, eventually followed by
a second Philippine military vessel. Philippine Navy officers
visited each of the three BS7H operating sites. They were
reported to be very friendly--even bringing medicine to relieve
the gastrointestinal ills suffered by some of the BS7H team! In
discussions with the BS7H team and the captain of the lead Ocean
Bureau vessel, however, the officers asserted the Philippine
position that Scarborough Reef lies within the 200 nautical mile
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) claimed by the Philippines."
So in short, the BS7H team left the reef due to the presence of
the Philippine Navy and to "avoid a further escalation of
tensions". For this reason, the two Ocean Bureau captains
made the decision to leave the reef and return to Guangzhou,
cutting the planned seven-day BS7H operation down to only three
days. (The complete press release will be sent to all OPDX
InterNet Subscribers as an additional bulletin.)
DAYTON HOSPITALITY SUITES FOR DXERS...
THE NORTHERN OHIO DX ASSOCIATION (along with WVNO Radio)
will sponsor a Hospitality Suite at this year's Dayton
Hamvention. It will be in Suite 1011 on the 10th Club
Floor of the Crowne Plaza Hotel (old Stouffers) on Friday
and Saturday evenings. All DXers/Contesters are welcome.
Munchies and refreshments will be avaialble. Come and
meet the members and friends on NODXA.
THE 59(9) DX REPORT in conjunction with THE WESTERN NEW
YORK DX ASSOCIATION will sponsor its 11th annual
Hospitality Suite at this year's Dayton Hamvention. As
usual it will be in Suite 325 of the Crowne Plaza Hotel
(old Stouffers) on Friday and Saturday evenings from 8 PM
till ?? All are welcome and refreshments will be
avaialble. Stop by for an eyeball with your favorite DX
and contest buddies. It's where all the Big Guns and
Little Pistols will be. See you there!
FR, REUNION. Olivier was issued the callsign
FR5HG. (Attention this callsign was used once before by F5MXQ in
1996!!). The correct QSL route for Olivier is: Olivier Dijoux, 40
route Gabriel Mace, 97490 Sainte Clotilde, France.
SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS...
NJDXA 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. The North Jersey DX
Association, as part of its 40th Anniversary Celebration,
is sponsoring a year long operating event. Beginning the
week of May 5, 1997, a different member station signing
the club call W2JT/40 will operate each week. The station
operator will announce their name and personal call. The
same station may be worked on different modes. Work as
many W2JT/40 stations as possible by December 1, 1997.
The station with the most W2JT/40 calls will be awarded a
plaque at the the Association's annual gathering. Send
your logs to: North Jersey DX Association, P.O. Box 599,
Morris Plains, NJ 07950. Deadline is December 8, 1997.
The North Jersey DX Association as a 100% ARRL Affliated
Club is also celebrating its 40th year as the W2 Area QSL
Bureau. It sponsors several DX Contest Plaques as well as
hosting a popular hospitality suite each year at the
Dayton Hamvention.
Billed as the "WORLD'S FIRST DX", the Marconi
Centenary stations being run by Barry Amateur Radio
Society and Weston-s-Mare Radio Society will be active
as:
GB100LP - May 10-18th from Lavernock Point, Wales.
GB100FI - May 12-16th from Flatholm Island (QRT at
1300 on 16th).
GB100BD - On the air 0800z May 17th to 2000z (approx)
May 18th from Brean Down, England.
GB100LP and GB100FI will recreate Marconi's first
historical May 13, 1897, transmission across the water
(world's first IOTA contact!). QSL GB100LP and GB100FI
via GW0ANA. GB100LP and GB100BD will recreate the
"WORLD'S FIRST DX" contact (GW to G) which took
place May 18, 1897. QSL GB100BD via the RSGB bureau ONLY
(G0WMW is NOT the QSL manager for GB100BD). A full color
award certificate will be available for working/hearing
any of the two station - endorsement available for all
three! QSL cards are not needed - claim by sending a note
of your QSOs (signed by two licenced radio amateurs along
with 4.00 UKL or 8.00 USD or 10 IRC's) to: GW0ANA (Glyn
Jones, Nirvana, Castle Precinct, Llandough, Cowbridge,
Vale of Glamorgan, CF71 7LX, Wales, UK.
The WIA ACT division will operate special event station
AX1ITU to celebrate the establishment of the
International Telecommunications Union which will be 132
years old on May 17th. AX1ITU will be on the air May 16th
at 1400z until May 17th at 1359z. Activity will be on as
many bands and modes as possible (particulary 40 meters
CW-op VK1FF). QSLs can be sent direct to:
WB2FFY - Jim Muller, 1734 State Hwy 12, Greene,
NY, 13778 USA
VK1FF - Jim Muller, 40 Garrick St, Fadden, ACT, 2904
Australia
Or via the Bureau to: VK1FF
T8, BELAU. Naoki, JE7RJZ will be
active from Parau. He usually signs KC6JZ, but hopes to sign
T88JZ from May 30th to June 1st. Operations will be on all bands
80-10 meters, mainly on CW. He is considing activity on AO-10
satellite as well but has not decided yet. He will also make a
short trip to Guam as WH2M on his return trip home. QSL via
JA7FWR direct or via JARL bureau.
TF, ICELAND (YL activity). YLs
Ruth, IT9ESZ, and Ruth, LA6ZH, will be active from Reykjavik as
TF/IT9ESZ and TF/LA6ZH (respectively), from June 13-20th.
Suggested frequencies will be: CW - 7020-7030, 14020-14030,
21020-21030 kHz and SSB - 7060-7070, 14240-14250, 21280-21290
kHz. QSL to their home addresses:
IT9ESZ - Ruth B. Geering, Via S. Nicola 9, I-90146
Palermo, Italy.
LA6ZH - Ruth Tollefsen, P.O. Box 17 Tveita, N-0617 Oslo,
Norway.
InterNet E-mail is accepted before and after the operation to:
jetpro@sn.no InterNet E-mail
during the operation should go to: jetpro@mmedia.is Meanwhile,
Bert, PA3DWD, will be active June 26th to July 16th as TF/PA3DWD.
He will try to be active from different grid squares, especially
on 6 meters (50123 kHz) and 10 meters (28885 kHz). QSL via home
call.
V7, MARSHALL ISLAND. The
"DX News Sheet" reports Tim, N2PC, will be active from
here for 4/5 years. No QSNs have been reported yet, but look for
V73AT to be active on all bands. QSL via K2CL.
YO, ROMANIA. Jean, F6AJA, will
be active as YO/F6AJA from May 19-24th. He will operate (when he
has free time) from YO8FZ's QTH or from the YO8KGA club station.
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