The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 337
BID: $OPDX.337 December 29, 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, W3UR & The Daily DX, KV5V, KG6AR, W7TSQ,
AH0W/OH2LVG, CX7BY, DJ5AV & DX News Letter, G3NUG, G3SXW,
G4BUE & DX News Sheet, JA1ELY, LU1DZ, OH1BOI, SM0AGD and ZS6Y
for the following DX information.
SPECIAL EDITOR'S NOTE: My family (wife/OPDX's
chief proof-reader Linda, Tedd [TJ], Katie) and I (KB8NW) would
like to wish all DXers, Contesters and OPDX readers a very
"Happy New Year". Also, we would like thank the many
who have contributed information over the year (there are too
many to list). Without them there would not be an OPDX Bulletin.
4F, PHILIPPINES. Look for Arie,
PA3FWG, to be active from January 1-20th, as 4F1UFT. His
frequencies and modes activites are unknown at this time. QSL via
home call.
9N, NEPAL (Plenty of activity
from here!).
Kazu, JA8MWU, will be in Kathmandu on business and also
on holiday from now until January 10th. Kazu hopes to
operate as 9N1WU in his spare times. Look for him on all
bands, mainly SSB. QSL via P.O.Box 1214, Kathmandu, Nepal
(direct only). Don't send to JA Bureau.
15 members of the "Japan UNCEF Ham Club"
members will be in Nepal on a study. They report that
this is not a DXpedition, but they will be there until
January 13th. They will operate with their own callsigns.
Naoki, JE7RJZ, will be active from Nepal as 9N1JZ (he
hopes to receive this callsign) from January 4-10th.
Naoki hopes to be active mainly on CW. QSL via JA7FWR
Brad, KV5V, and his daughter, KC5RPK, are currently in
Bangkok, Thailand, and will stay in the city until
Thursday morning, January 1st. They will arrive in
Kathmandu during the early afternoon and stay in Nepal
until January 13th. Brad states that he will be able to
operate from Dick's (9N1ARB) station using his callsign.
Activity will be limited, because they plan to do some
local travels and visit with friends in the evenings.
When active, look for him on 80/40/20 meters. Brad states
that he will listen for openings to the U.S. on 40m and
80m, and that he will fire up the station at 0100z on 20m
and work the path as long as it stays open. Operations
will be mainly CW and RTTY.
C5, THE GAMBIA. The "DX
News Sheet" reports that Alan, G0SAH, will be active from
here until January 9th as C56/G0SAH. He will be using a FT-800AT
into a HF6 vertical. Alan may also activate one of the coastal
islands (IOTA AF-060). QSL via home call.
L20XSI WRAPUP AND GACW NEWS.
Alberto, LU1DZ, GACW Coordinator, provides OPDX with the
following: "GRUPO ARGENTINO DE CW NEWS". The GACW
reports the five day operation of L20XSI, the GACW 20th
Anniversary station, which was active from Staten Island (SA-049)
in the Tierra del Fuego Province (counts for DXCC as Argentina)
made 5303 QSOs (4518 CW and 785 SSB). The report states QSLs
should be ready in about 30 days, possibly a little more. The
report also states that Hector/LU6UO and Ernie/LU4AXV are now
active from Deception Island as LU1ZC. They arrived on the island
on Tuesday, December 16th, after an airplane and icebreaker trip
to the island. This island counts as South Shetlands, and the two
operators will be active until the end of February. LU1ZC has
been very active on CW on 40/20/15 meters and the WARC bands. QSL
to LU6EF or the perferred address: GACW, Box 9, 1875 Wilde,
Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA.
NEW OFFICIALS. The 1998 Officers
for Western Washington DX Club have been announced. They are:
President - W7TSQ, Bob Preston; Vice President - K7BTW, Dick
Swanson; Secrectary - WA7BAY, Mike Schone; and Treasurer - N7LSL,
Marina Zuettel. The Board of Directors are: W7JEN, Duncan Carman;
K7ST, Adam Kerner (exAA7FT); N7TT, John Gohndrone; W7VV, Roger
Huntley (ex N7IRR); W7QN, Joe Gregory and N6MZ, Mike Mraz.
PJ9, CURACAO. The "DX News
Letter" reports that John, W1BIH, will be active as PJ9JT on
all bands between January 10th and March 31st. QSL via W1AX.
QSL INFO AND NEWS........
Roger, G3SXW, reports QSL requests for 5V7A (CQWW CW
Contest, November 29-30th -1997) are all answered and
up-to-date. Those still arriving are being handled daily.
Roger also states, "This is thanks to the grand
efforts of GM3YTS who printed the cards within days of
getting home, and especially the Herculean efforts of
Tom, GM4FDM, our QSL manager. Splendid job, Tom. Many
thanks indeed." Direct requests should go to GM4FDM:
3 King's Crescent, Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland, PA5
9AD. Requests for bureau replies can be E-mailed to him
at: wylie@sol.co.uk (Show just your call, date, time,
band.) Note that outstanding requests for 5V7A in 1996
continue to go to Bill, GM4AGL, who still has the logs
and blank cards. Tom, GM4FDM, is doing QSLing only for
1997. For more details about QSLing 5V7A (and much more)
visit their web page at: http://www.getnet.com/~k7wx/5v7a.html
Chris, KG6AR, QSL Manager for FO8DX states that the FO8DX
cards are not back from the printers, and the cards
should start coming out sometime in mid-January.
Jari, OH1BOI, reports receiving a recent letter from
RW6HS and the RW6HS QSL Service handles cards for the
following stations (direct only):
RW6HS asks for a SASE with 2 IRCs per QSL. The address
is: Vasil M. Kasyanenko,RW6HS QSL Service, P.O. Box 20,
Georgievsk, Stavropolsky, Kraj 357800, Russia. The same
address is also the address for the UA6 call area
QSL-bureau.
ZS6Y reports that no E-mail should not be sent to
"zs6y@club42.co.za" because the service
provider went "Belly Up". Any QSL request
should be sent to QSL Manager KK3S.
RSGB "100 YEARS OF AMATEUR RADIO
AWARD". Neville Cheadle, G3NUG, Chairman of the
RSGB HF Committee, reports to OPDX that the RSGB has recently
announced an award to celebrate 100 years of amateur radio in
1998. The new HF award will be issued for making 100 points
during the course of 1998. The award is available to listeners on
a `heard' basis. All claims must include a log extract certified
by two licensed amateurs or an RSGB affiliated club official and
a summary sheet of the points claimed per contact listed by
callsign. The press release on the details of this award will be
provided to OPDX InterNet Subscribers as an additional bulletin.
RTTY FROM THE ANTARCTICA. Raul,
CX7BY, reports his friends Paul, EM1HO, and Roman, VP8CTR, will
be active on all the bands in the next ARRL RTTY Roundup January
3-4th from Galindez Island (Antarctica).
SV/A, MT. ATHOS (Possible new operator?).
"The Daily DX" reports that Dimitris, SV2YC, works for
the bank of Thessalonique in Northern Greece which may be opening
a branch in Mount Athos in March, 1998. If he does get assigned
to that location, he will try to obtain a license to operate.
T31, CENTRAL KIRIBATI. Norbert,
DF6FK, will be active until January 10th as T31BB from Canton
Island. His plan of operations in unknown. QSL via home call.
XW, LAOS. Zorro, JH1AJT, has
been extended a special invitation to attend the 30th anniversary
celebration of Khao Sanpathet Lao (KPL), the Lao News Agency, to
take place in early January, 1998. In conjunction with the event,
the Special Anniversary Commission has also extended permission
for an international team of radio operators to conduct a
DXpedition operation from Vientiane, Lao, January 5-13th. The
team of operators will include Zorro/JH1AJT - teamleader,
Yuki/XW1A, Frank/ AH0W/OH2LVG, Shin/JA0DAI, Toshio/JP1IOF,
John/SM0DJZ and Erik/SM0AGD. The DXpedition will be an all-band,
all-mode, multi-station effort with special emphasis on low bands
and CW. Operations will also include an effort on 6 meters and
RTTY. Special event callsigns for the DXpedition will be XW30 for
CW and XW30A for SSB, RTTY and FM. PLEASE NOTE: The callsigns are
XW3-zero and XW3-zero-A. The QSL Manager will be SM0AGD: Erik
Sjolund, Vestag.27, S-19556 Marsta, Sweden. Their operating
frequencies will be announced at a later date. For more
information, check the Midway-Kure DX Foundation WEB site at: mkdxf@aztec.asu.edu
ZK3, TOKELAU. "The Daily
DX" states Peter, ZK3PM, who works for the New Zealand
government, will be active from Fakaofu Island for the next 2
years. Peter states he is not a DXer and does not have any QSLs
cards. It is suggested that if you work him and want to QSL, you
may want to send an index card or a generic QSL with all the
information on it so he can sign it. The only QSN OPDX could find
on him is that he was reported on December 23rd at 0625z on 14260
kHz. QSL via Peter McQuarrie, Fakaofu Island, Tokelau, South
Pacific via Apia Samoa.
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