The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 366 BID: $OPDX.366 July 20, 1998 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
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Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio
Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster
etwork, N2ERN, WB2RAJ/WB2TQH & The 59(9) DXReport, W3UR &
The Daily DX, K4EP, K4ZLE, AD6AB, WD8MGQ, 9A4SP, DL6MHW, DS1DBX,
EI8IR, F6AJA & LNDX, G3SWH, G4BUE & DX News Sheet,
GM4FDM, GM0GAV, JA1ELY & The 59 Magazine, ON4BAM, OZ4FF,
RW0MM, SM5MX, VE1VOX, VK4AAR, YO3FWC, ZL1CRO and QST for the
following DX information.
"THE REBUILDING OF 4U1UN"
by Dave, K2GM. This article will be sent to all OPDX InterNet
Subscribers as an additional bulletin.
8J, JAPAN. The 12th annual Japan
Jamboree station 8J7BSJ will be active during August 3-7th, from
Moriyoshi town in Akita prefecture. QSL via JARL Bureau.
8Q, MALDIVES. The "DX News
Sheet" reports that Tony, G0EZU, will be active August
16-31st as 8Q7JD from Kuredu Island. Activity will be 80-10
meters including WARC bands, with a FT-767GX, dipole and vertical
antennas. QSL via home call.
BV, TAIWAN. "The 59(9)
DXReport" states to look for Jurgen, DJ3KR, to be active as
BV/DJ3KR from July 24th to August 12th. QSL via homecall.
BV20, TAIWAN. The 20th annual
Asian and Pacific Jamboree station BV20APJ will be active from
August 2-9th. Operations will be from Pingtung (BV7). Activity
will be on 80-10 meters on CW/SSB. The first 15 minutes of each
hour will be mainly for QSOs for Scout persons only. QSL via BV
QSL Bureau.
EUROPE TRIP (DL/HB0/LX). Jay,
K4ZLE, reports that he will be in Europe on business from July
18th until August 3rd. He will be in Germany (DL) during the work
week, in Liechtenstein (HB0) from July 24-26th and in Luxembourg
(LX) from July 31st to August 2nd. Jay said he will most likely
be using his UK callsign under CEPT provisions. So, look for
DK/MU0BKA/p, HB0/MU0BKA/p and LX/MU0BKA/p. Activity will be on
15, 12 and 10 meters (as conditions permit) with activity mostly
on CW and RTTY. QSL via K4ZLE. During his nighttime hours, Jay
will try 40 and maybe 80 meters if the noise isn't too bad.
FREQUENCY CHANGE. The Down Under
County Hunters net have now moved to 14.336 MHz. The net will
still start at the usual time of 0330z and continue until the
band folds up. This announcement is directed at USA stations
because they are who the "Down Under Gang" want to work
in order to confirm their counties.
HH, HAITI. Phil, KC0ARG, is
scheduled to visit HH2NH's QTH from July 24-30th and plans to be
active as HH2/KC0ARG. Operations will be on SSB 20 and 10 meters.
QSL via F6DJB.
HOW'S DX (New Editor). In the
August issue of QST's "How's DX?" column, it was
announced that Bernie McClenny, W3UR, editior/publisher of
"The Daily DX", will be editing this column starting in
September. If you have any questions or suggestions about
"How's DX?", Please feel free to E-mail Bernie at: bernie.mcclenny@mail.wdn.com
IOTA NEWS (BIG WEEKEND COMING
UP! The RSGB IOTA Contest is this weekend.)
RARE IOTA. According to the RSGB IOTA DIRECTORY and
YEARBOOK 1998/ 1999, Little Diomede, IOTA NA-150, is the
#1 most wanted IOTA in North America. Tom/W6IXP and
Barry/K6ST, will activate Little Diomede Island as
KL7/W6IXP from July 22-29th, starting approximately
2100z. Activity is subject to change depending a upon a
number of factors including weather, which could
potentially delay travel onto the island and the
beginning of the operation by a factor of days. To arrive
on the island, the DXpedition team takes a special
helicopter 35 miles from the Alaska mainland to Little
Diomede Island. Assuming the weather and travel plans
cooperate, look for them on the bands or check out their
Web site at: http://www.netcom.com/~barryb/na150.html
for live updates, including schedules, live spots, and
on-line logs. The online Web log search, is being
provided courtesy of "Islands on the Web" (IOTW
- http://islandchaser.com).
They will operate mostly SSB the first 5 days, then CW
and RTTY additionally! Look for them on:
SSB - 14260 (listening up 5), 21260 (listening up
5), 7090 (KL7/W6IXP listening up 7180 +- ).
CW - 14040, 21040 and 7040
RTTY - 14080, 21090 and 7038 kHz (along with
possibly Packet, Pactor, and APRS - Time
permitting!)
QSL via N6AWD: Fred K Stenger, 6000 Hesketh Dr.,
Bakersfield, CA 93309-1429 U.S.A. For current up to the
minute information, visit the Web sites, or contact the
DXpeditions's Pilot (Information Manager) John, WD8MGQ,
via E-mail at: wd8mgq@tir.com
AS-066. The Vladivostok ARC and The Vladivostok Contest
Club members Alex/RW0LBK, Aleksey/RW0LKA, John/RW0MM,
Vlado/UA0LCZ, Meela/UA0LHT (YL military first class CW
op) and 2 SWL (Pavel/R0L-3 and Valeriya/ R0L-6) plan to
be active from Russkiy Island (43'02"N 131'53"E
) as RZ0LWA from July 23-27th (IOTA Contest included).
They will operate 80-10 meters on CW/SSB and 2m/70cm
FM/SSB. They will also be celebrating "The Day of
Russian Navy". QSL via bureau or RW0MM: P.O.Box 73,
Vladivostok 690090 Russia.
AS-090. Noh, DS1DBX, in Seoul, Korea, informs OPDX that
the Hanyang University Wave Research Club (HL0C) have
plans to operate from Tokjok Island August 1-5th.
Activity will be on 40-15 meters (10m Optional).
EU-007. Mike/EI2IB and Anthony/EI2HY will activate the
Irish Blasket Islands using the call EJ2IB. The EastCork
Group will be active from the Irish Bere Island (IOTA not
known by editor) using the call EJ7M.
EU-010. Gavin, GM0GAV, reports that he will be
operational as GM0GAV/P from Isle of Lewis in the outer
Hebrides in next week's IOTA contest. He will take part
as a Single Op 24 hr CW section using verticals and an
amplifier. QSL via bureau or direct (OK in callbooks
since 1987).
EU-030. Mario, DL5ME, is on the way to Bornholm Island.
He will sign as OZ/DL5ME and plans to participate in this
week's IOTA Contest as a 12 hours-only SSB section. QSL
information and log checking will be published after the
contest on the WWW-Pages: http://wwwiti.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/~hoeding/hamradio/
EU-30. Karsten, OZ4FF, will be active in the CW part of
the IOTA Contest from Bornholm Island. QSL via Box 121,
DK3700 Roenne, Bornholm Island Denmark.
EU-090. Radio club Split 9A2A (9A1AKL) will activate 9A8P
from Palagruza Island from July 23rd to August 2nd.
Operators will be 9A3NU, 9A3LO, 9A4NA (T98N), 9A4SP
(T98P), 9A5IQ (F5PIQ) and 9A3A (5B4ADA) (pending travel
arrangements). Activity will be on the HF bands, mostly
using SSB and CW. QSL via 9A1AKL, bureau or direct to
P.O. BOX 439, HR-21000 SPLIT, CROATIA.
EU-116. Members of the Bristol Contest Group will be
operating from the Isle of Man during the 1998 IOTA
Contest using either GT6YB/P or GD6YB/P. QSLs will be
handled by G3SWH (Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove,
Congresbury, Bristol, BS49 5HQ, United Kingdom) or via
the RSGB bureau.
NA-100. Remember to look for V26VG to be activated by
GM4FDM and the Scottish Group during and after the IOTA
Contest. QSL to GM3UTQ direct or via the bureau. After
the contest, the operators will use V2/homecall. QSL for
these operation to their home callsign.
NA-106. The Dalkey Island Contest Group will be active
from the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Caribbean for next
weekend's IOTA Contest. They will be active from July
22-29th using their own calls with the KP2/ prefix and
will use the callsign WP2Z during the contest. Operators
are Paul/EI2CA, Peter/EI7CC, Aiden/EI8CE, Tony/EI6EW,
Sean/EI7CD, Keith/EI4FBB and Gareth/EI5FYB. Look for them
on their Web page at: http://jump.to/EJ1D -or- E-mail them
at: EJ1D@islands.vi
EU-128. The planned IOTA Contest activity by DL6MHW/P is
still not confirmed due to some transportation problems
(The old VW of DL3ABL depicted on the 1997-Fehmarn-QSL,
has some motor-problems). If possible, Michael will
operate again from Fehmarn Island signing DL6MHW/p with
Butternut HF6 and 600 watts. Please note the new QSL
address of DL6MHW and DL3ABL: Michael Hoeding, Ginsterweg
51, 39326 Wolmirstedt
NA-112. Philip/K4EP and Craig/KF4NLM will be active as
K4EP from Bogue's Bank for the IOTA contest. They plan to
have two stations active for the contest. They will be on
20 through 10 meters and hope to have some activity on 80
and 40 meters. QSL via K4EP.
NA-154. The Truro Amateur Radio Club will be active
during the upcoming IOTA Contest from Pictou Island. The
callsign will be VE1AO and QSLs are via VE1VOX.
KH6BZF REPORTS (Part 2 -
BAND-BY-BAND PROPAGATION EXPECTATIONS). This will be sent to all
OPDX InterNet Subscribers as an additional bulletin.
KL7, ALASKA. Maurice, ON4BAM,
reports that he will be touring KL7-land from July 24th until
August 9th. His trip takes him from Anchorage to Fairbanks,
Valdez, Homer and Seward. Along the way, he will be active on HF
while driving and in the evenings from his campsites. Maurice
will be using a TS-50S and Outbacker antenna while driving and
whatever wires will fit when parked. Look for KL7/ON4BAM on 20
and 17 meters or the higher frequencies as propagation will
allow.
QSL INFO AND NEWS.....
AT0PAI and VU2PAI/50 QSLs. Pai, VU2PAI, reports to OPDX
that he would like to inform all Dxers that he apologizes
for the delay in replying to the QSL requests for these
cards. Pai states that he has been out of the country and
was very busy with the work, but QSLs are beginning to go
out and the back logs should be cleared up pretty soon.
He would also like to inform everyone that the QSL info
given in the 1998 call book is incorrect, but the QSL
info in the 1996 and 1997 call books are "OK".
Correct address is: Ananth G. Pai, P-BOX 730, Bharath
Beedi Works LTD, Kadri Road, Mangalore ZIP 575 003,
INDIA. His E-MAIL: VU2PAI@bkk.win-net.org
Harris, N2ERN, reports that he is NOT the QSL Manager for
RV6AB or for any EP station. He states that he does not
have knowledge of any operations or the logs, nor the
QSLs. Any cards received by N2ERN for these operations
will be returned in the SASEs, or if no SASE is enclosed,
will be discarded. Contributions will be returned
PROVIDED A SASE IS ENCLOSED. He does not know if RV6AB is
the QSL Manager for anyone, but RV6AB's address is:
Victor Babenko, Box 33, Armavir 352900, Russia
T2, TUVALU. Yoshi, JA2ECL, will
be here July 26th and will stay until August 6th. He will be
active as T20YK. He will be taking an ICOM IC-706 (100w) and two
antennas (2 element beam for 15m and a dipole for 40m). He hopes
to operate RTTY as well as SSB. QSL via JA2ECL
TX8, BELEP ISLAND (New
Caledonia). Eric/FK8GM, Franck/FK8HC and one other will try to be
active from Belep Island (IOTA OC-079) from August 28th to
September 2nd. They will use FT1000D, FT1000MP, TH5X, 203BA, R7.
They hope to obtain the TX8B call sign. QSL via FK8HC
(unfortunately, no bureau and remember one U.S. green stamp is
not enough to cover the postage).
WH2, GUAM. Naoki, JE7RJZ, will
be active from Guam as WH2M from July 24-28th. He will
concentrate his activity on the AO-10 satellite and 6 meters, but
he will also be active on HF bands. QSL via JA7FWR.
XV7SW NOW QRT FROM VIETNAM.
Rolf, SM5MX, has now returned to Sweden after reactivating his
callsign XV7SW during an extended vacation tour. When finally
pulling the big switch in Hanoi, his accumulated total was 25,616
QSOs on CW and 59 on SSB. QSL cards can be sent via bureau or
directly either to his home call SM5MX or to his manager SM3CXS.
Rolf will move to the Swedish Embassy in Tokyo in September. He
is contemplating leaving it to others to provide Japan for DXCC.
YO, ROMANIA. Jean, F6AJA, from
the LNDX, will once again be active as YO/F6AJA from YO8FZ's QTH
from July 22-26th. He will only operate during his free time.
YO-DX HF CONTEST. Ciprian,
YO3FWC, reports to OPDX that the YO-DX HF Contest is scheduled on
August 2nd, 0000-2000z. Rules can be found on the Romanian
Amateur Radio Web page "FRR" at: http://www.qsl.net/yo3kaa/contests.htm
This site is designed and maintained by YO3FWC. The E-mail
address is: yo3fwc@qsl.net
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