The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 326
BID: $OPDX.326 October 13, 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, W1RM, K2PF, KA2AEV, K4QD, W4WX, KD6WW, KG8CO, N9NC,
W0YR, 9K2HN, 9V1YC, CT1BOH, EA3ELM, F6AJA, FK8GM, G3NYY, G3SXW,
G4BUE & DX News Sheet, HB9BYU, I1JQJ, IK4TVP, PA3DZN, PA3AXU,
RA3AUU, VK2ICV and VK4AAR for the following DX information.
3A, MONACO. Mike, W0YR, and Tom,
N9NC, are planning a RTTY and CW operation from here, October
23-27th. On RTTY they will be concentrating mainly on North
America contacts. They do NOT anticipate operating in the CQWW
Phone Contest that weekend. Both have received permission to use
the special prefix 3A7G which marks seven centuries of rule by
the Grimaldi family. So, look for Mike to use 3A/W0YR or
3A7G/W0YR and Tom to use either 3A/N9NC or 3A7G/N9NC. Meanwhile,
the "DX News Sheet" report that Luc, I1YRL, will be
active once again from here between October and December as
3A/I1YRL. QSL via home call.
3D, FIJI. Gerard, PA3AXU,
reports to OPDX that the authorities of the Republic of Fiji have
issued him the licence/call 3D2XU. He will be here from November
4-8th. He is planning to operate CW/SSB on 10/15/20 meters with
100 watts into groundplane. Gerard also states this is "No
real expedition but just a holiday stop...." QSL to PA3AXU:
Gerard Dijkers, Dr P.A.Cornethof 3, NL-6669 AZ Dodewaard, The
Netherlands.
3W, VIETNAM. Just a reminder
that a new IOTA will be aired this week. From October 14-20th,
look for 3W6VT to be active from Con Dao Island which is part of
the Conson Group. Refer to OPDX.320.
6V, SENEGAL. Chris, 6W1QV, and
Didier, F5OGL/6W1AE, will be active as 6V1C for both CQWW SSB and
CW Contests. QSL via 6W1QV: Christian Saint Arroman, Po Box 3263,
Dakar, Senegal.
8Q, MALDIVES. Bruce, KD6WW, will
be operating as 8Q7AJ from October 30th to November 10th.
Activity will be mostly on CW and RTTY. He will be active on all
bands from 160-10 meters with an emphasis on the low bands and
the WARC bands except for rtty. QSL via KD6WW direct, or via W6
bureau. Bruce will also take InterNet requests for bureau replies
at: kd6ww@inreach.com. He
asks that the request be titled "8Q7AJ QSL Request" and
contain the usual information. Also, he asks that InterNet
requests not be sent until after November 12th when he returns.
9U, BURUNDI. Alex, PA3DZN, will
go to Bujumbura for a period of three months, possibly (probably)
much longer. He will arrive there during the week of October
20th. With the assistance of Alfredo, 9U5CW, and Jean-Pierre,
9U5DX, he has applied for the callsign 9U2L. Alex states HAL
Communications Corp. has sponsored one DSP4100 modem for digital
operation, and Wyvern Technology Inc. included the latest version
of the WF1B RTTY Contest/DXpedition software. Other equipment
that he will take along is a Kenwood TS570S, a Ten-Tec Centaur
amplifier, and a Force12 C4 (10-40m) beam. Antennas for the low
bands are something that he will have to sort out locally with
wire antennas, depending very much on the location. He also noted
that he will be there on a work assignment. Therefore, operating
time depends very much on the spare time he has. QSLs for this
operation will go via PA3DMH, who also holds the logs for 9X5EE,
9Q2L, 9R1A, D25L, and ZS6/PA3DZN. Log search is available at: http://www.igr.nl/users/pa3dmh/logs/log_search.html.
A4, OMAN. Mary, G0BQV, will be
operating as A4/G0BQV from October 16-24th. She will be on CW
only, operating mainly on .025 each band. There was no info
provided on 80 or 160 meters. QSL via G0BQV.
CORRECTION AND UPDATE. As
mentioned in OPDX.325, Maurice, ZL2MF, and Ken, JA3MVI, will be
Pacific island hopping. They have made a correction/update on the
final leg of their Pacific islands tour. They will be active from
the 3D-land as 3D2MF and 3D2KY from October 17-23rd, NOT 15th to
23rd as first reported.
C6, BAHAMAS. The CCDXA (of North
Florida) will be active from Treasure Cay October 21-28th. The
club will be a Multi/Single entry in the CQWW SSB Contest using
the callsign C6AJT. Members will be active before and after the
contest on SSB, RTTY and CW on all bands. Operators will be:
Mac/KM4WE, Clarence/W4CJK, Joe/W4USN, Gary/K4GZ and Bill/W4WX
using /C6A outside the contest. QSL C6AJT contacts to W4CJK and
others to CBA or via bureau. Also, Jon, EA2KL, and Lluis, EA3ELM,
members of the LYNX DX Group, will be active from Abaco on SSB/CW
all bands (including 12 and 17 meters), from November 2-9th. The
callsign that they will use is C6AHN. QSL via EA3ELM.
FK8, NEW CALEDONIA. Look for
FK8GM during the CQWW SSB Contest. Operators will be Eric/FK8GM,
Alain/FK8FI and Franck/FK8HC, and they will be a Multi/Multi
entry in the contest. The QSL via WB2RAJ.
FP, MIQUELON (UPDATE). As
mentioned in OPDX.323, operators KG8CO, N8CC, K8AEM and W8MC
would be active from here October 23-28th. Activity will be on
160-10 meters with the various modes. They announced that they
will be active as FP/KG8CO in the CQWW Phone Contest and will
operate as a M/M entry. QSL via K8AQM.
FT5W/X/Z, CROZET, KERGUELEN AND AMSTERDAM
ISLAND. There are conflicting reports on this on! One
report states Rene, FT5X/FR5HR, heard from Kerguelen Island, will
be active for about one more week before he goes to Amsterdam
Island (FT/Z). Another report states, Rene, who was heard on
maritime mobile headed back to Reunion Island. He will be there a
week or so before going to Crozet. A comment was made, "As
he is on a French Navy ship, he said plans can change at any
time. So keep your ears out for him active from any of FT5
terrritories in October". Check 21217 kHz around 1345z. QSL
via F5RRH.
KG4, GUANTANAMO BAY. KG4QD will
be active as a Multi-Single during the CQWW DX SSB Contest
October 25-26th. Jan, K4QD (ex WA4VQD), will lead a team
consisting of Al/K3VN (ex WA3YVN), Bill/N2WD (ex WD4GDZ),
Rusty/KG4AU and other amateurs at GITMO for this contest effort.
The team, members of the Central Florida DX Assoc. (CFDXA), will
arrive Thursday, October 23rd, and depart Wednesday, October
29th. During non contest periods, look for Jan/KG4QD, Al/KG4VN,
and Bill/KG4WB operating primarily on the WARC bands. The team
also plans to try some six meter activity. The contest logs and
photos will be available on the WEB shortly after the contest. A
log search test site containing KG4QD logs from October, 1996,
and February, 1997, is available at "http://www.ham.net/cfdxa/gitmo".
QSL via home call for KG4QD, KG4VN and KG4WB.
P4, ARUBA. Jose, CT1BOH, will be
active as P40E one week before the CQWW SSB and CW Contest.
Activities and operations were not provided. QSL to W3HNK for
both CT1BOH and P40E.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
Nino, IK8ENH, has announced that he is the new QSL
Manager (Europe only) for Jose, CO3CL.
Mac, WA4FFW, reports that all QSL cards for the N4BQW/KH4
(Midway), KH6 (Tern), and KH7K (Kure) trips have been
answered. This includes all SWL, Bureau, and cards
received directly. There were a few not in the logs, and
those cards were returned to verify dates and times. Mac
appreciates the help he received from WJ4T and the
patience from the DX community. Mac will continue to
process requests for any of the above contacts on a daily
basis.
Jean, F6AJA, reports he has the F2JD/HP1XBI logs up to
September 15th. All direct requests are on the way.
Gerard will probably stay in Panama up to December.
QSL 6W1AE via F6AJA direct or via the bureau BUT not via
F5THR.
Andy, RW3AH, is very active all over the bands from
Rwanda as 9X0A (ex 9X/RW3AH), and he is planning to stay
there until February, 1998. He has changed his QSO route.
Andy was asking for QSLs to be sent to his home address.
Unfortunately, mail still gets lost in Russia, and he
decided to change his QSL policy. Jeff, DL5WM, was
appointed as 9X0A QSL Manager. All QSLs for 9X/RW3AH
still should be sent to RW3AH's home address: Box 899,
Moscow, 127018, Russia (they are being handled by Toivo,
RA3AR). He made 7900 QSOs as 9X/RW3AH.
A new QSL Manager has been appointed for 5V7A (upcoming
1997 CQWW CW Contest). QSL via GM4FDM. His e-mail address
has changed, and they will accept E-mail QSL requests for
replies via bureau. Please note that the E-mail address
to which these should be addressed has changed to: wylie@sol.co.uk Note:
QSLs for 5V7A (CQWW CW Contest 1996) continue to be
handled by GM4AGL.
SPECIAL EVENT. Look for special
event station HB4FG, October 18-19th, from the Swiss Army Amateur
Group. They will be active from Vallemaggia/TI for the Jamboree
on the air with the Scouting Group of Vallemaggia and Daro.
Activity will be on 80/40/20 meters. A special QSL will be
received via bureau.
SV9, CRETE. Walt, SV9/G3NYY and
Tim, SV9/G4VXE will be very active on CW from Crete (IOTA EU-015)
from October 14-21st. They hope to operate on all bands 160-10
meters, and there may also be some 6 meter activity. QSL for
SV9/G3NYY via G3NYY and for SV9/G4VXE via G3SWH (direct or via
bureau for both).
T7, SAN MARINO. During the next
CQWW SSB Contest, look for T70A (San Marino Club) to be aired as
a Multi/Multi or Multi/Single operation. The opertors will be:
DF6QC, DL2MEH, DL4OCL, DL8OBC, I4ZQS, IK4TVP, IV3NVN, IV3TAN,
IV3TMV, T77BL, T77C, 777LL and T77WI. QSL via: P.O.BOX 77, San
Marino A1, 47031 Rep. San Marino.
TF, ICELAND. NODXA member Phil,
KE8RO, and Sean, KC8CSD, will be heading to Iceland on October
16th. They will arrive in Keflavik on the 17th. They plan to
operate HF, both SSB and CW, on as many bands as possible. Phil's
license has been issued and his call is KE8RO/TF. They will be in
Iceland from the 17th through the 24th of this month. Direct QSLs
can go to KC8CSD, or via the bureau to Phil's homecall.
TO5, MARTINIQUE. Ralph, K2PF,
reports that Steve, KU9C, and he are heading here for the CQWW
SSB Contest this month. They are not sure what their callsigns
will be, but expect a TO5* or TO5** callsign. They will be on all
bands. Activity will take place before and after the contest, and
they will likely include WARC bands, RS-12 and perhaps RTTY. QSLs
via K2PF.
V2, ANTIGUA. Team Antigua is
once again pleased to announce that it will be activating V26B in
the upcoming CQWW SSB Contest in late October. They will be
entering the contest as a Multi-Operator/Multi-transmitter
catagory from Antigua (Grid Square FK-97 -- IOTA NA-100). In
addition, the Team would also like to announce that both the 5
band and 6 band "Certificates of Appreciation" will be
available once again for the 1997 operation. Briefly, to qualify
for these special certificates, all you have to do is work V26B
during the CQWW SSB Contest period on either 5 bands or 6 bands
to receive the special "Certificate of Appreciation".
Members of Team Antigua will also make special attempts to be
active on the WARC Bands, RTTY, and 160 meters. Here are the
members of Team Antigua and their QSL routes:
V26AK - Tony, QSL via WB2P or N2TK
V26B - Sam, QSL via WT3Q
V26E - Darrell, QSL via AB2E
V26R - Mike, QSL via KA2AEV
V26RN - Bob, QSL via N5NJ
V26RS - Tom, QSL via N2SR
V26TS - Tyler, QSL via K3MM
V26U - Bill, QSL via W2UDT
Team Antigua would also like to welcome to its family the
following new members: WX0B/Jay, W3FV/Barry and N3OC/Brian. Also,
please check out the V26B WWW site for complete details with
photos and descriptions of their station. Its URL is: http://WWW.frc-contest.org/v26b.html
Please also note that in Team Antigua are members of The
Frankford Radio Club who is celebrating its 70th Anniversary and
is sponsoring a very special award. Additional information for
this special certificate and a full list of members of the
Frankford Radio Club may be found at: http://www.frc-contest.org/70th.html
VI0, MACQUARIE ISLAND. Alan,
VK4AAR, reports that the special event callsign
"VI0ANARE" will be used from Macquarie Island from
October 25-31st, and then it will not be used anymore. The
custodians of this callsign (celebrating the 50th anniversary of
the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE))
insist that QSLs go ONLY to VK4AAR direct with return postage and
self addressed envelope: Alan Roocroft, c/o Post Office, Dalveen.
QLD 4374. Australia. >From November 1st, the boys on Macquarie
will revert back to their own callsign and QSL managers until
their return to Australia soon.
VK9, LORD HOWE ISLAND (Update). Dan,
K8RF, and Nick, VK2ICV, will be active as VK9LX. Due to the
cancellation of the 3C0 DXpedition, they have an opportunity to
borrow the Battle Creek Special antenna to operate on 80/160
meters. Unfortunately, they are faced with both time and
financial constraints in their effort to get the Battle Creek
Special antenna to Lord Howe. As the Lord Howe DXpedition is
without any commercial sponsors, their budget is already
stretched to the limit. For this reason they appeal to the DX
community for help. If interested in helping, donations can be
sent to: Lord Howe Island Dxpedition VK9LX, c/o Nick Hacko, P.O
Box 730, Parramatta NSW 2124, Australia.
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