The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 378 BID: $OPDX.378 October 12, 1998 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
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Network, N2VW, WB2RAJ/WB2YQH & The 59(9) DXReport, KN4F,
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BA4TB, DJ5AV & DX News Letter, EA5GRC, F6AJA & LNDX,
G3SWH, G4BUE & DX News Sheet, HK8RPV, JA1ELY, JI3ERV, PA3DMH,
PT2TF, RA0FF and ZS5BBO for the following DX information.
5H, TANZANIA. Ken, WA8JOC
(CY0AA), reports that Dave Heil, K8MN (ex-J52US, A22MN), is now
officially 5H3US. He also mentions that Dave has just received
some equipment, so start looking for major developments over the
next 3-4 weeks for amateur operations. Dave will be in Dar es
Salaam approximately 3 years. Dave's tower is not yet up, but he
hopes to have at least a R5 vertical and a Butternut HF2-V
vertical up soon. Because of his work schedule, which he reports
is quite hectic at the moment, he will have less time for amateur
radio than first thought. Dave plans to be active on all bands
160-6 meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. Ken, WA8JOC, will be his QSL
Manager as in the past, so the same rules apply as Dave's A22MN
operation... SASE will receive a card ASAP .... bureau cards are
processed at twice per year, "or more frequently if the
spirit moves Ken" as he indicates. QSL to: Ken
"Shep" Scheper, WA8JOC, 5875 Cedaridge Drive,
Cincinnati, OH 45247 U.S.A.
5J, BOCAGRANDE ISLAND (Update).
This Colombian Island DXpedition was planned for October 10-11th,
but was postponed until October 31st through and November 1st.
Bocagrande Island belongs to the group of islands in IOTA SA-081
(El Morro Island, El Gallo Island and others islands). This
operation will have two stations active on 20 and 40 meters using
the callsign 5J8IB on SSB. QSL via HK3DDD or via bureau. This is
the first DXpedition from here.
6Y, JAMAICA. Operators
Jack/W4SO, Jon/K7CO, Dennis/AF7Y, Ken/K2KW, Tom/ N6BT, Rich/N6BV,
Robert/N6TV, Fredrick/KE7X, Mark/AG9A and David/W9QA will be
active again November 20th through December 1st. They will use
the callsigns 6Y5/homecalls, but during the CQWW CW Contest as a
Multi/Multi entry they will sign as 6Y2A. They plan to have seven
stations active from an oceanside site at Discovery Bay using
Force 12 yagis and vertical antennas spread out over a 1000 feet
section of the ocean shore. QSL via home callsigns and 6Y2A via
WA4WTG).
9N, NEPAL. The "DX News
Letter" reports that David, G4ERW, is active as 9N7RW from
Patan which is situated near Kathmandu. He will be here until
November 7th. QSL via G4ERW.
AFRICAN TOUR (by JA1OEM). The 76
old year Mako, JA1OEM, has arrived in Banjul, The Gambia, on
October 7th. This is his third time to visit C5-land. He will
operate as C56HP until October 19th. He hopes to provide a new
one to anyone that needs this. He will be mainly on the high
bands this time. After "The Gambia", Mako will travel
to Ougadougou, Burkina Faso where he will operate as XT2HP until
November 24th (activity may start on the 21st or 22nd). After
Burukina Fasso, Mako hopes to go Cote d'Ivoire (TU), November
26th through December 5th (No callsign mentioned). After TU, he
will return to C5. Mako hopes to visit Mali (TZ), but is not sure
when and how long he will be in TZ. Mako will leave for Japan
during Christmas. During his activity, look for his slow speed CW
on 3 or 13 kHz up from the lower band edge on any band. On SSB,
look for him on 3795, 7043, 14145, 18115, 21245, 249145 and 28475
kHz. He will try 160m from XT2-land late November. QSL via JA1OEM
direct only, no bureau, to: Shinichi M Toyofuku, Box 9, Sawara,
287-8691 JAPAN
AH2, GUAM. The members of Guam
Contest Club will be active from KH2 (Guam Island) in the CQWW DX
SSB Contest. They have won the Oceanic leader in the Multi-Single
category in 1996 and 1997. This year, they will have more
operators and enter as a Multi-Multi category. The team of
operators are: Aki/JI3ERV/NH2C, Kaz/JG3RPL/N1BJ, Seo/JR3RVO/WX8M,
Toshi/JR7OMD/WI3O, Kazu/JK3GAD/AL7NC, Kou/JH7QXJ, Sam/JR8VSE,
Yuki/JH1NBN/K3ZB and Koln/JP1JFG/N2IU. They will use the callsign
AH2R. They report that their Sunrise/Sunset is 2013/0757z and to
also look for them between 7075-7100 kHz on 40 meters. QSL via
JI3ERV.
B4R, CHINA. Deal, BA4TB, reports
that the JiangSu DX Club plans to participute in the CQ W SSB
Contest as B4R. This station will be active on all bands, in the
contest as a Multi Op/Single Transmitter entry. QSL via BY4RSA.
D6, COMOROS. The
"LNDX" reports that Denise, F6HWU, will again be in the
Indian Ocean and will be active as D68WU. She will be there from
November 15th to December 5th. Activity will be mostly on CW and
RTTY. She will be active during the CQWW CW Contest. QSL via CBA.
E3, ERITREA (Update). The
"Space A DX Group" DXpedition is on track with their
plans to operate from Eritrea. They will be arriving in Asmara,
Eritrea, in 2 groups, one on the night of November 3rd, and the
main group on the night of the November 4th. The first group will
try to get all the details out of the way, and be ready for the
main group on the 4th. They will make every attempt to be active
starting during the day of November 5th. They can not get their
callsigns until they arrive in Asmara. They are still in need of
financial support, mainly because of the added $500 per operator
fee. Donations can be sent to WD4NGB. OPDX InterNet Subscribers
will receive the complete unedited press release by Bruce,
WD4NGB, as an additional bulletin.
FR, REUNION ISLAND. Phil, G3SWH,
reports to OPDX that he will be on vacation/holiday on La Reunion
Island (IOTA AF-016) from November 17-24th. He expects to be
active on all bands 80-10 meters, CW only as FR/G3SWH with an
IC-706 and wire antennas. Since this will be a holiday operation,
his activity is likely to be restricted. Look for him during his
mornings for an hour or so, and an hour or so during his evening
hours. QSL via G3SWH: Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove,
Congresbury, Bristol, BS49 5HQ, United Kingdom (or via the RSGB
bureau).
FT5Z, AMSTERDAM ISLAND (Update).
A FT5ZH DXpedition press release issued by Jeffrey, WA6KBL (pilot
stn. for N. America), states that the FT5ZH DXpedition to
Amsterdam Island is on schedule, and there are no problems so
far. The equipment has been tested, the antennas assembled,
checked and disassembled, and everything has been well packed and
is departing from Marsailles on a ship to Reunion on October 5th.
The operators are preparing their personal belongings and will
depart by plane for Reunion in early November. They plan to visit
several of the resident Reunion operators during their 5 day stay
on Reunion. They will supervise the loading of the equipment
aboard the Marion Dufresne (ed. GEEE, where did I hear that name
before?). Enroute to Amsterdam Island, the ship stops at both
Crozet and Kerguelen (reports at this time indicate they will not
operate from these islands). They plan to arrive on Amsterdam
Island on November 25th and expect to have all antennas erected
and operational on November 27th. They will operate around the
clock as much as they can until their departure on December 25th.
They will have a much shorter journey back and expect to arrive
home in Lyon very late on December 31st. OPDX InterNet
Subscribers will receive the unedited press release as an
addtional bulletin.
NCDXF CHANGE OF ADDRESS. The
Northern California DX Foundation has changed its mailing
address, effective immediately. Please note the NEW address:
Northern California DX Foundation, P.O. Box 1328, Los Altos, CA
94023-1328
HR, HONDURAS. Operator Ernesto,
HR1ERL, states that he is ready for the next CQWW SSB DX Contest
and plans to be active on all bands. He will be mainly looking
for African stations in the contest. QSL via HR1FC, P.O. BOX
1734, Tegucigalpa Honduras, Central America, Zip Code 11101.
HV, VATICAN. Look for the
Pontificia Universita' Lateranense station, HV5PUL, to be active
again possibly November 6-13th to celebrate the opening of the
1998/99 academic year. QSL direct.
JT, MONGOLIA. The "DX News
Sheets" reports to look for Jay, W8JAY, who may be active
this week (October 13-15). The callsign was not mentioned nor
were there any other details. QSL via home callsign.
QSL INFO AND NEWS.......
Goose, W8AV, informs OPDX that he has finally received
the VP5FXB QSL cards from the printers and will begin
answering all contacts this week. He reports part of the
delay was getting the artwork into a format that the
printer could use. He apologized for the delays in
QSLing, but this problem was beyond his control.
Edwin, ZS5BBO, reports to please note that he is now the
QSL Manager for: GN3WOJ, GM2MP, GS2MP, GM6V and GM7V. If
you have cards outstanding for these stations, please
send him the QSL and he will get the QSLing up to date.
GM8V will be active in the CQWW Contest and all QSL cards
are also direct to him. For address see "Special
Event" below.
The "RA0FF LogSearch Collection" now includes
C6AKM (WAEDX contest 1998), C6A/DJ3TZ, C6A/DL8OBF,
C6A/N4BP and RA0FF CQWW RTTY Log. Check out the log
search on the WEB page: http://www.qsl.net/ra0ff/CONT/tests.html
REPEAT OF CORRECTION. Alan, 3C5I, requests OPDX to repeat
that the P.O. Box listed in OPDX.345 was incorrect. The
correct address is: Alan Isaachsen, c/o Mobil Equatorial
Guinea, P.O. Box 139082, Dallas, TX 75313 (ed. The P.O.
Box needed one more digit!).
Jean, F6AJA, reports that he has seen an error in some DX
bulletins. He states that he can send QSLs for FK8VHT
ONLY, not FK8VHM or FK8VST or any other FK callsigns.
7Z1AB LOGS. Jim, KN4F, reports to OPDX that he has only
receive all about half of the logs for this station since
May. There are NO U.S. hams at the Embassy, and only a
several Europeans have activated the station for a few
contacts. He is currently unable to get the logs. He also
feels the station was "SHUT DOWN" on October
8th.
The 3C5DX QSLs are back from the printers'. It is
reported that Elmo, EA5BYP, is now answering all the
cards received.
Didier, FK8VHN, from New Caledonia may be forced to use
the bureau because of the postage costs in his country.
He states 1 IRC is OK for return postage to all
continents. French postage stamps are not valid. One U.S.
green stamp "IS NOT ENOUGH": by 30% (for North
and South America and Asia; by 50% for Europe.
SPECIAL EVENT. The "South
African Corps of Signals" celerates its 75th anniversary on
November, 1998. To mark ths occasion a special event station with
the callsign ZS75SIG will be in operation during the period
October 30th to November 30th. A field station will be operating
from the Bluff Military Base on Saturday, October 31st, from
0600-2000z. ATTENTION RSARS stations, the ZS75SIG station is
hoping to be allocated a RSARS number for this event also. The
station will operate daily CW/SSB on 40/20/15/10 meters. A
special QSL in the form of a certificate will be sent to all
stations making contact with ZS75SIG and submit QSL cards
together with 2 USD or 8 IRCs direct to: Edwin Musto (ZS5BBO),
P.O. Box 211032, Bluff, 4036, South Africa. No cards via the
bureau please!!
SPECIAL EVENT. Rev. Paul
Bittner, W0AIH, will be hosting the special events callsign
N98ITU during the upcoming CQ World Wide SSB DX Contest, October
24-25, 1998, in conjunction with the ITU conference which gets
underway October 12th through November 6th in Minneapolis, Mn.
TL, CENTRAL AFRICA. Alex, TL5A,
has been currently active on both 160 and 80 meters. Check 1833
kHz between 2230 and 2315z (also heard around 0415z). Also, check
3505 kHz between 2315 and 2330z. Before these time look for him
on 14025, 14192 and 7001 kHz. Meanwhile, Alex's QSL Manager
PA3DMH, states QSLing is progressing well and within the next two
weeks all QSLs received up to October 1st will be mailed. By the
end of October the backlog should be history and all requests
should be answered within the normal two weeks (in > out). Log
check is available at: http://www.igr.nl/users/pa3dmh/logs/log_search.html
TY, BENIN. Tom/DJ6TF, Tom/DL7BO,
Sigi/DL7DF and Frank/DL7UFR will be active from here November
3-18th. They will operate two stations around the clock on CW,
SSB and RTTY. Their main activity will be on 160, 80, 40 and 30
meters. They hope there will be good conditions.
VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. The
team of Frank/WA2VYA, Bruce/WA3RHW and Jack/N2VW will be active
again as VP5T in this year's CQWW DX SSB Contest. All are members
of the Frankford Radio Club. Their operation will be at Jody's
(VP5JM) Hamlet on Providenciales (NA-002) and take place October
20-27th. There will be plenty of action on CW and the WARC bands
before and after the contest weekend. QSL VP5T to N2VW direct via
callbook address, or via the ARRL QSL Bureau, by adding "VIA
N2VW" on the card. An E-mail with log data sent to N2VW's
InterNet address (n2vw@skyhigh.com)
requesting a card via the bureau will be answered with a bureau
card... (no QSL is necessary). Same for SWL QSLs.
VY1, YUKON (Canada). "The
59(9) DXReport" states that in recognition of the 100th
Anniversary of the Yukon Territory Gold Rush, the special
callsign VY1A will be active during the months of October and
November on all bands, CW, SSB and RTTY. VE stations are to QSL
via VY1JA and all others via KB5IPQ.
XV, VIETNAM. The "DX News
Sheet" reports that Larry, K6SGD, will be active October
20th through November 14th as XV1Z. Activity will be mainly RTTY.
QSL via home call.
YL AND IOTA DXPEDITION. Teresa,
PT2TF, informs OPDX that the "First PY Young Lady
DXexpedition" will take place October 29th through November
2nd, using the callsign PR2YL on SSB and PS2S on CW. The team
will be operating from Comprida Island (IOTA SA-024 and DIB 021).
Activity will be on 80/40/20/15/10 meters. Look for them on the
IOTA and net frequencies. The operators will be: PP5ASN, PT2TF,
PY5OA, PY5NT, PY2DHP, PY2ATL and PY2KTT. QSL to PP5LL: Lira, BOX
08, Florianopolis, SC Brasil.
ZP5, PARAGUAY. Jon, KE9NA, will
be traveling to South America on November 14th through November
25th. Most of his time will be spent in Paraguay. Jon will be
active and will be signing ZP5/KE9NA. He expects that his
activity will mainly be on 10 meters and 15 meters. Jon will also
be in Brazil and Argentina for some of the time as well, but he
doesn't expect to do any operating there. At this time not all
dates are set for when he will be in Paraguay. QSL via KE9NA.
ZS (South African) NEWS.....
Edwin, ZS5BBO, reports that he will be competing in the
CQWW SSB Contest (October 24-25th). He will only be
working 20m during the contest, so he urges all operators
to turn their beams to South Africa and work the one and
only "ZS5 Black Box Operator!!"
ZS3MM operation is still planned to take place from
December 16-24th. Edwin, ZS5BBO, will be operating on
10/15/20/40/80 meters from the city of Diamonds -
Kimberley. If you need ZS3 for any awards, this will be
the time to put ZS3 in your log and claim any outstanding
awards. Examples are: WORKED ALL ZS and WORKED ALL
AFRICA. QSL via ZS5BBO.
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