The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 332
BID: $OPDX.332 November 24, 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, WB2RAJ/WB2YQH & The 59(9) DXReport, W3UR & The
Daily DX, K3ZO, KP3L, K4VUD, N4GN, AC6LF, KU9C, F6AJA & LNDX,
FR5CC, G4BUE & DX News Sheet, HB9LEY/JA1LZR, JA1ELY, LU1DZ,
TF1MM, UA9CDC, YV1DIG and ZS6RVG for the following DX
information.
3E, CONTADORA ISLAND (Panama). Stefan/DL5XX,
Swen/DL2BAY and Jelka/S57NW will be active as 3E1DX from now
until December 7th. This includes a Multi-Single effort during
the CQWW CW contest. KU9C will be the QSL Manager for this
operation; note that N0JT is the normal manager for this call for
operations outside of this activity.
3V, TUNISIA. Albert, F2KN, will
be here from December 9-15th. He will be there mainly for his
job, but he will try to operate from the 3V8BB club station,
especially during the weekend of December 13th and 14th.
4U/TF1MM NOT IN SYRIA. Thor,
TF1MM, is currenty active as 4U/TF1MM and is operating from the
Administrative HQ of UNOMIG (United Nations Observer Mission In
Georgia) in Pitsunda, Abkhazia, Georgia. He reports there is no
government there to apply for a reciprocal licence, so the only
possibility is to operate under the umbrella of the UN. This
location counts as 4L (Georgia). Thor suggests, "Please QSL
only to the TF-Buro - NOT direct to my home call. The callbook
address is no longer valid." He will QSL all contacts via
the bureau. BTW (by the way), he is looking for a QSL Manager.
7P8, LESOTHO. South African
operators Dave/ZS6RVG, Richard/ZS6CAL, Leroy/ZS6XJ and Mark/ZS6HZ
will leave Johannesburg on Thursday, the 22nd of January, 1998,
to travel a Chalet site at the top of the Sani Pass within the
Kingdom of Lesotho. Lesotho is a land locked Kingdom, totally
enclosed within the boundaries of the South African Republic.
This is an almost totally mountainous nation and is known as
"THE ROOF OF AFRICA". The Sani Pass at 2,873 meters
(9,425 Ft,) is one of the highest mountain passes in Southern
Africa. The highest public house in Africa is, by pure chance,
situated at the top of this scenic pass. The ZS6 group's main
objective is to establish at the top of the Sani Pass, a mobile
amateur radio station for the express purpose of providing SSTV
and RTTY communications on the amateur radio bands 2, 10, 15 and
20 meters. (Communication on SSB and CW modes will depend on
conditions on site at the time. This is a SSTV and RTTY
DXpedition first and foremost.) They plan to start setting up the
radio site around their Landrover as soon as they arrive. They
may get to operate late Thursday night if all goes well. If not,
the operation will be active Friday, the 23rd through Sunday, the
25th of January, 1998. Operators will use their home call /7P8.
They plan to be active for a full three days and band conditions
and WX are to determine time and modes of operation. Break down
of the radio site, clean up, and return to Johannesburg will take
place on the 26th. QSL to ZS6RVG via the ZS bureau, or direct to
1997 CBA: Dave Plaskett, P.O. Box 8116, Edleen 1625, Republic of
South Africa.
8Q, MALDIVES. Igor, UA9CDC,
reports that three friends of his will be active from 8Q7-land
during the CQWW CW Contest. The callsigns to use will be 8Q7DV
and 8Q7LB. The operators are UA9CDV, UA9CLB and UA9CI. Apart from
contest, they will operate during the week after the contest with
special attention paid to 80/160 meters and RTTY. QSL via UA9CI
(should be OK in the callbook). They will use IC-775, TS-870,
AL-80B amp, 3 element tribander, 5 band (80-10) vertical and
wires.
9N, NEPAL. Charles, K4VUD,
reports that he is planning to go back to Nepal again. This time
it will be during February/March, 1998. He will stay in
Kathmandu. He has mentioned that if anyone wants to donate any
radio equipment to 9N1AA or 9N1HA, the only two native Nepal hams
there today, he is willing to carry it in his baggage. Satish,
9N1AA, has a new house with a real permanent ham installation
planned there, but cannot receive a beam, because of import
restrictions. He wants to get on RTTY and on ham satellites but
has no TNC and no 2 meter SSB gear. Serious donors, please phone
Charles at (407) 349-2211.
AFRICAN TRIP (Ageless DXer Keeps Them
Active!). The 75 year old Mako, JA1OEM, has reported his
current plans for an African trip are as follows:
The Gambia - He will be active as C56/JA1OEM from
November 26th to December 13th. QSL JA1OEM (direct or via
bureau).
Mali ------> He will be active as TZ6HP from December
15th to December 20th. QSL JA1OEM SASE only (no bureau).
Both of his operations will be mainly on the low bands (80, 40
and 30 meters). He will probably be active on CW/SSB but prefers
CW, operating at a very slow speed. Toshi, JA1ELY, Editor of The
59 Magazine, suggests looking for Mako on the following
frequencies:
CW - 3503/3513, 7003/7013, 10103/10113, 14003/14013,
18073/18083, 21003/21013, 24903/24913, and 28003/28013
kHz (Please QRS for Mako)
CW, URUGUAY. Raul, CX7BY,
reports he will be using the special callsign CW5W in CQWW CW
Contest. He will be on 14 Mhz only in the Contest using this
special call. QSL via CX7BY or Bureau.
FR5, REUNION. Oliver, ex-FR5HG,
is now active with his new callsign FR5CC. Oliver told OPDX that
he works a lot of U.S. stations on 10 and 15 meter around 1800z.
Looking at the cluster spots, check between 1230 and 1800z around
21005, 21220, 28480 and 28495 kHz. QSL via FR5CC, Olivier DIJOUX,
40, route Gabriel Mace, 97490 Sainte-Clotilde, Reunion Island.
HP1, GRANDE ISLAND (Panama). Gerard,
F2JD/HP1XBI, will try to be active as HP1XBI/2 from IOTA NA-202.
Activity will be from November 28th to December 1st, and he will
participate in the CQWW CW Contest.
HS/E2, THAILAND (Good News for the CQWW
CW Contest). The Thai Post and Telegraph Dept. is
permitting ALL HS's and E2's, including private individual
stations, to use 80 and 160 meters during this year's CQWW CW
Contest. So, be looking for club stations HS0AC, HS5AC, E22AAA
and possibly other individuals to be active in the contest.
J2, DJIBOUTI. A new operator is
expected to be active from here. Bruno, F5OYM/FR5FA (ex-FG5GJ) is
expected to be in Djibouti for 3½ months and is currently
waiting for his licence.
J49, CRETE ISLAND. Karl, DJ5IL,
reports to OPDX that he will activate Crete Island (IOTA EU-015,
Zone 20) as J49IL from November 25th until December 3rd. He will
be active on 40-10 meters on CW/SSB and also participate in the
CQWW CW Contest. QSL via DJ5IL.
KP3, PUERTO RICO. The Puerto
Rico contest club will activate KP3Z as a Multi Single entry in
the CQWW CW with new antennas.. Operators will be KP3L, NP4Z,
NP3J, NP3A, KP4BZ and maybe AA5DX. QSL via WC4E.
OE, AUSTRIA (QRP Operation!). Look
for this station "OE2S" to be active in the CQWW CW
Contest 1997 in the "QRP" class!. The station will be
operated by OE2VEL. QSL via OE2GEN, via bureau.
PJ8, ST. MAARTEN. Isao, JH1ROJ,
will be active from December 10-17th, as PJ8/KG8XV. His activity
will be limited because he is there on a family holiday. Isao
will be on all bands from 160-10 meters CW/SSB. He is interested
in low band and plans to use an IC731 with a HL1KGX linear. His
antennas will consist of a Triband Yagis and Vertical. QSL via
JH1ROJ: Isao Numaguchi, 4-9-31, Naka-Aoki, Kawaguchi, Saitama,
332-0032 JAPAN
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
"SISO", HK3SGP, states to QSL HK3MCM via
HK3SGP: Francisco "SISO" Hennessey, P.O. Box,
170030, Bogota, Colombia S.A.. He can also be reach at
the following E-mail address: hk3sgp@qsl.net, hk3sgp@impsat.net.co
and hk3sgp@colomsat.net.co
Ron, AC7DX, reports he is currently the QSL Manager for
AH8A, and it seems that many cards are going to W6OSP by
mistake. Ron has not been able to find out where this
wrong information appears. So please, anyone that might
run across its posting somewhere, please let Ron know by
direct E-mail so that he can try to correct it. E-mail
address is: ronlago@efn.org.
Snail mail address is: Ron Lago, POB 25426, Eugene,
Oregon 97402
SPECIAL EVENT. Alberto, LU1DZ,
GACW coordinator, reports to OPDX that the CW Group of Argentina
will be celebrating their 20th anniversary with a DXpedition to
Staten Island using the special callsign L20XSI. The letters of
the callsign stand for: L2 - Argentina, 20 - 20th years, X -
Tierra del Fuego province and SI - Staten Island. They will be
there beginning November 26th/27th and until December the 3rd.
The crew will be LU4XS, LU7XP, LU1XQG, LU3XQ and LU1DZ. They will
be on the air with two kw stations (TS450 - FL2100Z, TS850 -
FL2100B) using a 4 element tribander, dipoles, wires, etc. They
will operate mainly CW on all bands including WARC bands, 50 MHz
and 1.8 MHz. There will be some SSB also. QSL to LU6EF with SAE
and IRCs: Raul M. Diaz, GACW, Box 9, 1875 Wilde, Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
SPECIAL EVENT. Hector, LU6UO,
and Ernesto (Ernie), LU4AXV, will activate Deception Island base
amateur station LU1ZC with the support of the Argentine Antartic
Management Agency - DNA and the Navy Amateur Auxiliary Service -
SARA in celebration on the 50 anniversary of the base. They are
leaving Buenos Aires December 8th in an Hercules C130, and flying
to Argentine Antartic Marambio base, located in Seymour Island,
and then transfer to the Argentine ice breaker "A.
IRIZAR". They hope to be on the air as LU1ZC about December
15th and last until the end of February. Operation will be mainly
on CW but some SSB. QSL with some IRCs to LU6EF/GACW address
(listed above).
TF, ICELAND. Tim, N4GN, reports
to OPDX in a long press release, (which OPDX InterNet Subscribers
will receive the complete release as an additional bulletin) that
he and others will be active during and before the CQWW CW
Contest. Look for N6HR/TF and TF/OH4GN (Tim using his Finnish
callsign) beginning as early as this Monday (24th November). In
the upcoming CQWW CW Contest an operation will take place as a
joint effort of the South China Sea DX Team (SCSDXT) and the
Iceland Amateur Radio Society (IRA). Three stations will hit the
bands in a multi-multi operation from the HQ facilities signing
TF3IRA. In addition to running three stations during the contest,
ample time is to be set aside for promoting International Amateur
Radio and furthering DX and contest activity from Iceland. The
team includes OH1EB, OH1RX, OH2BH, OH2TA, N4GN/OH4GN and N6HR,
with TF3AOT, TF3DX, TF3GB, TF3HP and other locals added to the
mix. You may hear some of the team members testing antennas and
radios prior to the contest, sporting their personal call signs.
If you are lucky enough to work any of these pre-contest
operations, you may QSL via the home call of the operator.
TL, CENTRAL AFRICA. Pascal,
F5LNA, is active now using the callsign TL8PL. He will be there
until the end of December. He has been heard on 7003 kHz around
2200z, 24945 kHz around 1315z and 14220 kHz around 1200z. QSL via
his home call.
TR, GABON. "The 59(9)
DXReport" states that Jean, TR8XX, has been active on 160
meters. Check 1823 kHz at 0515z. QSL direct.
TU, IVORY COAST. F5EQ, F5ECX and
F3KT will be at the TU2XP QTH from November 24th to December 4th.
They will use TU3F callsigns specially during the CQWW CW
Contest.
TZ, MALI. Mack, TZ6JA
(ex-JA8SLU), has recently returned to Mali and will be there
until January, 1999. Look for him on 40 meters this winter DX
season. He has reportedly put up a good 40m antenna, but details
were not given. QSL via JA3EMU.
VK9NS NEWS. The "DX News
Sheet" reports Jim, VK9NS, has gone QRT on November 18th as
VU2JBS and is returning home to Australia. He was unable to get
permission to be active from A5, S2, Andaman Island or Laccadives
Islands.
VU, ANTARCTICA. "The 59(9)
DXReport" states that VU2JBK is active from Indian Maiti
Station on Queen Maud Land. QSL via VU2DVC.
YA, AFGHANISTAN. There was one
report stating that John, PA3BTQ, was active as YA/PA3BTQ on
November 17th at 1230z on 14140 kHz. His length of stay is not
known, but John is currently working for the Red Cross.
YX, VENEZUELA (Special Prefix). Paolo,
YV1DIG, informs OPDX that the CONATEL (same as the FCC in the
states) has granted him permission to operate with the "rare
and unique" YX1D callsign during next week's CQWW CW
Contest. His operation will be on 80 meters with HP. QSL via
YV1AVO.
ZK1, SOUTH COOK. ZK1DI has been
very active most days between 0530 and 0800z on 30, 40 and 80
meters. Activity has been mainly CW but some SSB was heard on 80
meters. Suggested frequencies to watch (+/- kHz) are: 3504, 3799,
7004 and 10104 kHz. QSL via DK1RV.
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