The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 322
BID: $OPDX.322 September 15, 1997
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1 (New Area Code!)
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio
Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster
Network, AD1C, WB2YQH & WB2RAJ The 59(9) DXReport, NG3K, W3UR
& The Daily DX, N4GN, W5KFT, W6RRG, KH7U, N8AC, W9XY, 9K2HN,
CT1EGH, G3SWH, G3SXW, G3USF, G4BUE & DX News Sheet, ON6TT,
PA3DMH, PA3DZN, PY1KS, VE9DX, VK2ICV and ZL2AL for the following
DX information.
5H, TANZANIA (and Zanzibar). Phil,
G3SWH, sent OPDX the following update: "Hi there, and thanks
for reading this. Just a reminder that I shall be active on CW
only all bands from 80 to 10 metres, conditions permitting,
between 16th and 22nd September from mainland Tanzania as
5H3/G3SWH and between 22nd and 29th September from Zanzibar
Island (IOTA AF-032) as 5H1/G3SWH. I shall be using one of the
IOTA Committee's Yaesu FT-900AT transceivers with 100 watts to
wire antennas. This is a holiday operation, and activity will
probably be restricted to 3 or 4 hours per day. Specially printed
QSL's will be available either from my home address: 21
Dickensons Grove, Congresbury, Bristol, BS19 5HQ, United Kingdom,
with SAE and adequate return postage or via the RSGB bureau. 73
and I hope to work you during this trip. Phil G3SWH"
7th ANNUAL W5 DX BASH. The DX
BASH will be held on October 3-4-5, 1997 at Lake Buchanan near
Austin, Texas. This is a very informal, relaxed, get together for
all DX'ers, contesters, antenna nuts, VHF contesters, big guns
and little pistols. All are invited. Details can be found at the
following website: http://www.dxer.org/w5bash.html. SPECIAL
NOTE: OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive the complete details
and press release as an additional bulletin.
9A, CROATIA. The DXNS report
Helmut, DF9NW, will be active until September 21st as 9A/DF9NW/P
from Murter Island (non-IOTA) which is near Sibenik. It is
believed to be on the air for the first time on HF. QSL to
homecall.
AM9, MELLILA. "The 59(9)
DXReport" states EA9 stations may use the AM9 prefix to
celebrate the 500th Anniversary of their town. The length of
activity and band operations were not provided.
CY9, SAINT PAUL ISLAND. The
CY9DX DXpedition which was to be active from September 12-22nd,
had to delay their operation. According to the CY9DX Web page (http://www.dipole.com/cy9dx.html):
CY9DX-NEWS: Bad news Good news: We had to delay our trip
because 2m operation is not ready and a couple of important
problems have to be solved. The new schedule date is 23
Oct.-02 Nov. '97. Because of this delay we are going to be
able to prepare ourselves better. And don't forget CONDX is
getting better and better.
D2, ANGOLA. Mr. Dias, CT4KO,
will be active as D2AI from Luanda now until at least September,
1998. He will be using a Yaesu FT-920, a Log. beam for 3-30 MHz,
dipoles for 40/80 meters and a yagi for 6 meters. Suggested
frquencies/modes:
SSB - 3797, 7050, 14202, 18165, 21302, 24925 and 28402 kHz
RTTY - 14085, 18102, 21085, 24895 and 28185 kHz
Also look for activity on RS-12/13 satelite and possibly
some scheduled 6 meters operations. QSL via CT1EGH.
HS, THAILAND. Fred, K3ZO, will
be active until October 6th as HS0ZAR from a club station. His
activity will be mostly CW (but some SSB will take place if
conditions are good) on 40-10 meters. Check 40 meters between
1000 and 1300z and 15 meters after 1400z. There will be NO 160/80
meters or WARC bands activity. Special permission is only given
for those bands for special occasions. QSL to the bureau or
direct via K3ZO.
JY8, JORDAN. Bob, W9XY, will
once again be going to Jordan to visit with friends and plan to
reactivate his call sign as JY8XY during the stay. His arrival
date is October 6th, and he will be there until October 27th.
There are two stations readily available to him. One is a TS-830
with a Clipperton amp using a TH6 at 60 feet, and wires for the
low bands; the other is a TS-830 with TH3 at 60 feet. Please note
that overnight arrangements must be made to be able to work the
(local morning) openings on the low bands, so check primarily on
Friday and Saturday nights for his sunrise openings. Also, there
have been some TVI problems in the past, so he will probably not
use the amp during evening 'prime-time' hours. Suggested
frequencies are as follow:
Additionally, please note that Bob will ask local operators to
provide more WARC band and RTTY activity as requests for
operation for these endorsements have been received. QSL w/SASE
to home callsign or via bureau: Bob Johnson, W9XY (ex: WB9YXY),
W5514 Grouse Drive, Endeavor, WI 53930.
NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The
Northern California DX Foundation is pleased to announce the
addition of two new members to its Board of Directors. They are
Glenn Vinson, W6OTC; and Al Burnham, K6RIM. The complete list of
Officers and Directors is as follows: K6ANP/President,
W6RGG/Vice-President, NW6P/Secretary, W6OSP/Treasurer,
K6TMB/Director, K6RIM/Director, W6OAT/ Director, W6DU/Director,
N6ST/Director, W6OTC/Director and W6ISQ/Director. The Board of
Directors receives counsel on various issues from these appointed
Advisors: W6WB, WZ6Z, K6KR, N6EK, W6RJ, W6NL, W6RQ, W6CF, K6DC
N6OJ and K6KEO. Beacon Project Manager is W6ISQ. Webmaster is
K6KR. A bi-annual newsletter, edited by Steve Thomas, N6ST, is
mailed to all Foundation members. The Foundation maintains a
library of DXpedition and operating slide and video shows which
may be borrowed by clubs for presentation at their meetings. For
information on their availability, please contact Ron Steiner,
K6KEO, at 3154 Dominic Drive, Castro Valley, CA 94546-1938. The
inclusion of an SASE will hasten your receipt of his reply. For
further information on the Foundation, and to send e-mail, please
check out their web site at: http://www.ncdxf.org Mail may be
sent to: NCDXF, P.O. Box 2368, Stanford, CA 94309-2368
OOOPPSS DEPARTMENT. In OPDX.321
there are a few corrections to report. Please note that the
callsign for Michael Goode is N9NS not N9NW and the Japanese
operator's name is Yuji Yoshitani not Yuhi. Also, we mentioned
that the National Contest Journal website can be found at: http://www.waterw.com/~ncj/xpedit.htm
This is NOT the address of the NCJ as a whole. It is the address
for Dennis's Contesting/DXpedition home page for the magazine.
The magazine can be found at: http://www.waterw.com/~ncj/
OH0, ALAND ISLANDS. The
following press release was received by Tim, N4GN, from Martti,
OH2BH: "THE SCANDINAVIAN ACTIVITY CONTEST - The famous OH0W
contest site was given a complete tuneup during the exceptionally
nice summer and the station is now ready for another contest
season. The equipment includes the recently introduced, highly
advanced, computer-controlled Kachina 505DSP transceiver fed into
a multi-directional yagi array. See the Kachina Web Site at: http://www.kachina-az.com
for more information. Finnish Antenna Ltd--the duo of OH1JT and
OH2HE--has installed a lineup of monobanders and ferrite
broad-band, high-power splitters. The operating team of Martti,
OH2BH, and Jukka, OH2MAM, is now ready to compete against their
fellow contesters in the Nordic countries. They welcome all
contacts and specifically those semi-rare ones that are always
highly appreciated in any contest. Their station is fully
equipped to quickly QSY for multi-band QSOs. The station callsign
OH0BH will be used as follows:
SAC CW contest Sept 20, 1500 UTC to Sept 21, 1800 UTC
SAC SSB contest Sept 27, 1500 UTC to Sept 28, 1800 UTC
All QSOs will be confirmed with colorful QSLs through OH2BH.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
Michael Taylor, NF4W, is interested in being a QSL
Manager for a DX station. He works a very limited
schedule and has the time and ability to provide this
service. Michael can be reached via E-mail at: nf4w@mindspring.com
The D25L logs for the IARU HF Championship contest are
now available on the log search WEB-site page at: http://www.igr.nl/users/pa3dmh/logs/log_search.html
On an added note: Alex, PA3DZN, reports he will be
leaving Angola on September 15th, and heading back to
PA-land for about 2 weeks before taking up another
assignment.
Andy, VE9DX, reports their contest station has a Web page
up and running with log search and QSL possibilities. The
logs for last years CQWW SSB and CW contest are there.
This has been up and running for about a year now. The
address is: http://www.inetmarket.com/ve9dh/ He
also mentions they will again be active and use the
callsign CI9DH for the CQWW SSB Contest, but is not sure
yet what the CW call will be (it will be something 9DH).
The page contains photos of the SSB and CW operation of
last year's contest plus a few other goodies.
Roger, G3SXW, reports to OPDX that there has been a
change for QSLs for 1997 5V7A operation. QSLs will now go
to GM4FDM and not to GM4AGL as previously announced.
Direct replies can be requested (with return envelope and
postage) via: Tom Wylie, GM4FDM, 3 Kings Crescent,
Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom or via
RSGB bureau. E-mail requests for bureau replies go to: wylie@colloquium.co.uk
E-mail requests should show: your call-sign, date, time,
band. E-mail acknowledgements are not promised. Any
queries about the 5V7A operation go to: g3sxw@compuserve.com
Hamad, 9K2HN, reports he has just finished with bureau
cards (1220 cards for 9K2HN) and they will be in the
bureau the Monday after the WAE Contest. He has also sent
out about 350 QSLs for 9K2F via the bureau last week. If
there is any problem, please contact 9K2HN direct via his
E-mail address at: 9k2hn@moc.kw
R1, ANTARCTICA. Valentin
"Wally", R1ANZ, is active from Mirnyy Base in the
Antarctica around 14190 kHz after 0330z (short path to U.S.).
Also, check around the same frequency around 1130z (long path to
the U.S.). He has also shown up on 40 meters CW around 1000z. QSL
via RU1ZC.
S9, SAO TOME. The DXNL reports
that Hugo, S92AF, hits the airwaves on HF and RS12 from September
17-30. He may also activate Principe (AF-044). QSL via his
homecall HB9AFH.
SO, WOLIN ISLAND (Update). As we
mentioned last week in OPDX.321, a German group will operate as
SO5OE/1 from this Polish island starting around 2000z on October
3rd, and last until October 6th. OPDX has now received the list
of operators which include: DK20E/Mike, DL7IQ/Birgit,
DL7IO/Holger, DL7VRO/Fritz, DL7VYL/Gerda, DL7UBA/Roy and
DL1YFF/Hans-Juergen. QSL via DL7VRO.
"WHO'S WHO ON THE TOPBAND".
Nicholas, VK2ICV, states check out the following WEB site: http://www.watch4you.com/160/
ZL7/ZM7, CHATHAM ISLAND. This
island will be activated October 22-27th, on all bands by a team
from New Zealand. There will be four stations active most hours
of the days and on most bands. During the CQWW SSB contest, the
callsigns to be used will be ZM7A and ZL7AA. These callsigns will
be used for the few days before and after the contest. The team
will consist of: ZL2AL, ZL2HU, ZL2TT, ZL2ST, ZL2RR, ZL2LF and
ZL2GI (YL op). Some of the operators are part of the team that
activated ZL8RI last year. CW will be not be used during contest
time. Yagis will be used and WARC bands will be activated. There
is no Commercial sponsorship of this DXpedition. Costs are borne
by the members of the team. QSL ZL7AA and ZM7A via: Lee Jennings,
ZL2AL, PO Box 54, HASTINGS 4201, NEW ZEALAND or via ZL2AL CBA or
bureau.
ZV1/ZW1/ZX1, ILHA GRANDE ISLAND (Brazil).
This Brazilian island (IOTA SA-029, DIB 11) will be on
the air from October 3-5th. Three operators will be active on
CW/SSB, 80-10 meters plus plus 6 meters and VHF. It is important
to pay close attention to the callsigns being used. Look for ZW1A
to be operated by PY1OB/Fabio (SSB). Also look for ZX1A to be
operated by PY1SL/Soni (CW) and ZV1A to be operated by
PY1JH/Campos (6 meters, VHF and UHF). QSL ZW1A, and QSOs made
with ZV1A on SSB via PY1OB's CBA or via Labre-RJ, P.O. Box 58,
20001-970 - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil. QSL ZX1A, and QSOs made with
ZV1A on CW via PY1SL's CBA or via Labre-RJ, P.O. Box 58;
20001-970 - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil.
ZW2, ILHA DAS COUVES (COUVES ISLAND,
BRAZIL). Look for activity by ZW2E from this Brazilian
island (IOTA SA-028, DIB 70) during October 8-12th. Operation
will be on 80-10 meters CW and SSB. Check the usual IOTA
frequencies. QSL via PY2YW.
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