The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 390 BID: $OPDX.390 January 4, 1999 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, K1XN & GOLIST, N1NG, WB2RAJ/WB2YQH & The 59(9)
DXReport, W3UR & The Daily DX, AJ4Y, N4GN, NO4J, K6FCC,
W7TSQ, K8YSE, K9MIF, KU9C, EP2FM, F5NOD, G3SWH, HB9CXZ, HB9HFN,
JH1LPZ, LX1NO, OH2BH, OH2BVE, OK2AP, PA3BXM, PY2YP, VE8PW and
YO2LDE for the following DX information.
3A, MONACO. "The 59(9)
DXReport" states to look for Luc, I1YRL, to be active in
January as 3A/I1YRL on all bands. QSL via homecall.
5A, LIBYA. 5A1IC has been very
active over the past week, mainly on CW, 40-10 meters. Activity
over the past weekend seemed to concentrate on 40/17/12/10
meters. In "The Daily DX" they report that the
operators are a YL named Veronica/IK3ZAW and her boyfriend
Martino/IK3RIY. QSL via IK3ZAW .
5Z, LAMU ISLAND. Jim/G3RTE,
Phil/G3SWH, John/G3WGV and Rob/5Z4RL will activate Lamu Island on
the northern Kenyan coast between February 17th and 24th. Lamu
counts as AF-040 for IOTA purposes and has been activated only
twice before. It also counts as 5Z for DXCC purposes, of course.
The team will be active with two stations on CW, SSB and RTTY on
all bands from 160-10 meters, with the exception of 30 meters,
which is not permitted in Kenya. There is hope for a special
callsign to be announced closer to their departure date. QSLs
will be handled by G3SWH: Phil Whitchurch, 21 Dickensons Grove,
Congresbury, Bristol, BS49 5HQ, United Kingdom or via the RSGB
bureau. Donations towards the cost of the expedition are invited
and may be sent to G3SWH.
EA8, CANARY ISLAND. Good friend
and member of NODXA, Fritz/DL7VRO and other German operators have
been active from here. Activity seems to have started around
January 1st. Activity has been on all bands, 80-10 meters, CW/SSB
with operations on the WARC bands. Their length of stay is
unknown at this time. Look for DL7VRO, DL3DRN, DJ4EJ and DJ8HD to
sign EA8/homecall.
EP, IRAN. The latest news on
amateur radio activity in Iran comes from Mr.Abdollah Sadjadian,
EP2FM, who is in Iran. He reports that the Iranian PTT
Adminstration has set up a station EP3PTT at their offices. This
station is operated by some old time EP2s. The station is also
operated by applicants who have passed the amateur radio exam
(about 26 at present), but under supervision of the oldtimers.
Mr. Jamshid Mansuri (EP2CN) and Mr Massod Adle (EP2ES) have
devoted one to two afternoons per week to keep the station on
fairly regular. Activity has been mainly on 20 meters. Khalil
Ladjevardi, K6FCC (ex-EP2KL), has setup a Web page for EP (Iran)
and it is as follows: http://www.qsl.net/k6fcc/AmateurRadioInIran.htm
He also mentions a new Web page address and the latest
information about amateur radio activity in EP-land is in process
of being posted at: http://www.vtt.fi/ket/staff/komppa/ep.htm
FT5ZH QSLS (Special Mailing
Procedures!). Lyon Dx Gang Association have announced the
following important procedures in mailing for FT5ZH QSL cards:
All cards sent by bureau will be QSLed via the bureau.
All cards sent with sufficient postage will be returned
direct, provided that the following new procedures are
followed:
In order to speed up the return process, the
postage and the envelopes will be standardized.
The envelopes will be provided by the European
Council, so PLEASE DO NOT SEND A RETURN ENVELOPE.
Instead, please send a printed address label with
your QSL card. If you do not supply a label, then
make sure that your COMPLETE and CORRECT mailing
address is on your QSL card. If not, put it on a
piece of paper ATTACHED to your card. If you have
absolutely no way to produce a printed label,
then the Lyon DX Gang will write your address
manually on the envelope which will take longer
for them to process.
Very important! All direct QSLs MUST be sent to
the club address given below. Cards sent by
mistake to the pilot stations will be forwarded
via the BUREAU only, so this will be a very slow
process. Here is the address: Radio Club de la
Gendarmerie F6KDF, 292 route de Genas, F-69677
BRON CEDEX, France
FT5ZH log is NOW AVAILABLE at the following Web
site: http://perso.easynet.fr/~f5nod/ft5zhlog.html
Also, OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive the FT5ZH expedition
results (statistics) as an additional bulletin.
FW, WALLIS & FUTUNA ISLANDS.
Cedric, HB9HFN, will be active as FW5FN next February/March
(February 23rd-March 8th). His activity will mainly be CW on
160-10 meters. He has put up a home page where you can find more
information (geography, schedules, material, logs, QSL, flight
plan) about his DXpedition at: http://www.qsl.net/hb9hfn/pacific99.html
JT1A POST-CONTEST REPORT. A
press release written by Martti, OH2BN, and provided by Tim,
N4GN, announced the winners of the lucky-draw for three bottles
of Mongolian vodka. Those eligible had made 6 band contacts with
JT1A during the CQWW CW Contest. The winners are: JA3YKC, JJ1VRO
and ON5NT. The JT1A was a joint Finnish Mongolian operation. QSL
via SCSDXT, Jouko Hayrynen, OH1RX. OPDX InterNet Subscribers will
receive the complete press release as an additional bulletin.
NEW PREFIX, VY0. Starting April
1, 1999, all VE8 stations within the new territory of NUNAVUT
will change to the new VY0 prefix. Most of these stations (there
are only 4 or so active) reside within CQ Zone 2. The new prefix
will be permanently assigned to the territory of NUNAVUT, which
comprises all of the Eastern Arctic. NUNAVUT (which means = Our
Land = in Inuktituk) will be Canada's newest territory starting
April 1st this year. The old VE8 prefix will be assigned to
stations in the Western Arctic, Zone 1.
PACIFIC DXPEDITION. "The
Daily DX" reports that two Hungarians, HA9RE and HA8IC, have
announced that they are planning a DXpedition to several islands
in the Pacific Ocean. Currently, plans are still being worked
out, but they hope to activate West Kiribati (T30), East Kiribati
(T32) and Banaba (T33) sometime between January and the middle of
March. Operations will be on CW, SSB and RTTY with activity on
all bands from 160-10 meters. More information/details is
forthcoming soon.
QSL INFO AND NEWS.......
Bob, W7TSQ, reports that effective January 1, 1999, he
will be QSL Manager for AH6PN/HR6. Also, Bob would like
to remind all that the /HR6 is part of the callsign and
all direct QSL requests will be answered directly. He
states that he will not see the first log until mid
February. Please remember to put a $0.33 stamp on the
SASE. Cards without postage will be returned via bureau.
QSL Info Server Available Via The InterNet. To use the
server, here are the simple instructions:
Put the DX callsigns in the message body. Include
only callsigns for best performance. Anything
after the word "end" in the message
body will not be looked up (useful if your E-mail
signature contains a callsign).
Please don't use "reply" to send more
callsigns to look up. Replies don't go to the
robot server. Compose a new message instead.
Additions and corrections should go to the database
maintainer: Lothar, DL1SBF - packet radio address: DL1SBF
@ DB0SDX.#BW.DEU.EU E-mail: k9pes_ms@siiks.a1.bosch.de
Other comments, etc. to Ray, WQ5L rocker@datasync.com
Cesar, PY2YP, reports that he has received several ZZ2Z
QSL requests and can not reply because he has run out of
cards. He requests to please reapply to: Ron Lago
(AC7DX), P.O. Box 25426, Eugene, OR 97402 U.S.A.
Many have been asking what the QSL route/address for
XU7AAN is. There have been some reports that XU7AAN was
operated by JH8CLU, but the QSL route is via JH8YZB at:
Hokkaido-Contest-Club, P.O. Box 48, Tomakomai, 053-0000,
JAPAN.
QSL Manager Luis, HB9CXZ, reports that he received the
new QSLS for 4F3CV and HB5H just before Christmas (after
a long-long wait). He states that he replied to all the
QSL cards received direct and from the bureau (about
1500). He mentions also that he is waiting for QSLs from
IK2GAO for the HB9RL and HB5RL operations. He feels that
the cards should be received in a month.
John, K8YSE, reports that the QSL cards for FO0PAP and
FO0MAC have not been printed yet. Please be patient and
DO NOT RESEND CARDS.
QSL Manager change/update for BS7H, VK9XM, XZ1A and XZ1X.
Steve, KU9C, announced this week that Kan, JA1BK, has
asked him to pick up the QSL management chores for the
following operations: BS7H 1995 operation, XZ1A 1995
operation, XZ1X 1995 operation, BS7H 1997 operation
(Japan QSL requests only! All other requests via W4FRU.)
and VK9XM. You can QSL any of the calls listed above via
KU9C at this address: Steve Wheatley KU9C, PO Box 5953,
Parsippany, NJ 07054 USA Any questions, feel free to
contact Steve via:
The VP8CRB DXpedition logs are on-line and can be found
at: http://no4j.com/nfdxa/logs/vp8crb.htm
Dave, NO4J, will be posting/updating the logs daily for
the duration of Jan's (K4QD) stay. QSL info is also on
this site.
Steve, CE3/NE4Z uses XR3Z during contests. All QSL
requests for XR3Z should go to Steve via the CE bureau or
direct to: Steve Sexton, Av. Larrain 7618, La Reina,
Santiago, Chile
OH0AA cards should go to bureau or via OH0AA Call Book
Address. OH2BVE is NOT the manager for OH0AA. OH0NC
handles the cards in the OH0AA club station. The cards
sent to OH2BVE will be returned to bureau system and
forwarded to OH0AA.
Milan, OK2AP, reports the new OKDX Club Web page is now
up and running. The Web page is designed especially for
DXers with all kinds of info. The URL address is: http://www.okdxc.cz
T33, BANABA ISLAND. Just a quick
reminder that Karl, DL1VU, is now active as T33VU. Some reports
indicate that he will be active through January. Activity should
be on all bands, but mainly on CW. Over the past weekend, he was
heard on 10 and 17 meters CW.
T9 AND ZA (BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA &
ALBANIA) OPERATIONS. Daniel, YO2LDE, reports that he
will make another trip to T9 and ZA to operate RTTY in February.
Daniel hopes to stay in Albania for one week and in
Bosnia-Herzegovina for two weeks. He also mentions that he is
looking for a little financial support for this operation from
DXers. It would be greatly appreciated. QSL via YO2LDE, Daniel M.
Vuescu, Zadei F3-1-7, RO-1700, Resita, Romania. Please don't send
the QSLs cards via Bureau. He does have a QSL Manager for North
American stations (USA, Canada, Mex., etc) which is KB5IPQ.
Daniel also provides the following Web sites of interest for
DXers:
TF7, ICELAND. Gulli/TF8GX,
Manu/LX2LX and Norby/LX1NO will be active from Westman Island
(EU-071) during the IOTA Contest 1999. Callsigns to be used are
to be announced later. Activity before and after the contest,
will be concentrated on the WARC bands and RTTY. For further
inquiries, please send E-mail to: lx1no@bigfoot.com
VQ9, CHAGOS ISLAND (Update).
Dale, W4QM, is now back on the air as VQ9QM as of December 29th.
Dale had an interesting trip last week. As reported last week he
was headed to the Persian Gulf on a ship only to be ordered back
to VQ9-land (1000 miles out), and then they were ordered to
return back to the Persian Gulf again. After heading back again,
about 100 miles out, they were again ordered to return back to
VQ9-land. (ed. Not much site seeing on this trip. More like a
YO-YO ride.) Anyway, Dale has been very active on 10/12/20/30
meters CW at various times.
ZL9CI, CAMPBELL ISLAND DXPEDITION UPDATE.
It has been reported that as of 0020z, January 1, 1999, the ship
called "Braveheart" sailed with the ZL9CI team aboard.
The team left from Wellington for a 7 day journey to Campbell
Island. They feel it will take one day for setup, so start
looking for them around the 9th. Don, N1DG, Pilot Station for
ZL9CII, will keep us posted on the ZL9CI Web site: http://www.qsl.net/zl9ci/
Here is a bit of news from the team: "Ron, ZL2TT, was
scheduled to do the SSTV for us. As he is not making the trip and
as we do not have the expertise to run SSTV, it will no longer be
a featured mode on the expedition, sorry. All other plans stay
intact including plans to upload logs daily to the Web page. Plan
on at least a 24 hour delay to get the logs over Pacsat after
operations commence. All logs will have a 24-36 hour delay in
transmission."
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