The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 397 BID: $OPDX.397 February 22, 1999 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
Network, AD1C, K1XN & The Golist, K2DO, K2KQ, N2AU,
WB2RAJ/WB2YQH & The 59(9) DXReport, NG3K, W3GO, W3UR &
The Daily DX, K4CIA, N4GN, W5AJ, K7BV, K8YSE, W8EB, N9AG, BA1HAM,
CE3CDV, DJ5AV & DX News Letter, G4BUE & DX News Sheet,
HA5PP, HB9HFN, HL2KAT, JA8RUZ, ON6TT/5X1T, SM0AGD, UA0MF, VE3NQK,
VK3TZ, VK9NS and XE1ITJ for the following DX information.
3D2, FIJI. Karl, K0KL, will be
active next month as 3D2KE bewteen March 20-27th. Activity will
be mostly on 40 and 15 meters CW. QSL via homecall.
3V8, TUNISIA. The "DX News
Sheet" reports that Vlad, UA2FF, and other operators will be
active in the CQ 160 Meter SSB Contest from the 3V8BB station.
4U1ITU, ITU HQ. Look for
Don/K2KQ, Tom/K1TW and Piero/IK2BHX to activate 4U1ITU in the
ARRL DX SSB contest as a Multi-2 entry.
5T, MAURITANIA. The
International Amateur Radio Volunteers (IARV) will go to
Mauritania to establish an emergency radio communication system
in North Mauritania area. This time Tada, JA1CPS, is the leader
and will head up a team of 5 operators. Yoshi, JA1UT, is NOT
going to Mauritania this time due to the Palestine operation. The
IARV will stay in Mauritania from March 11-17th. Activity will be
on 80-10 meters, including the WARC bands on CW/SSB/RTTY mode.
They have not specified which frequencies they will operate but
will seek popular DX frequencies. They will operate during their
spare time. QSL via JA1UT.
CE0, EASTER ISLAND. Roberto
"Bob", CE3CDV, reports a group of 10 friends will
depart on February 27th to activate Easter Island as CE0AA. They
will be active until March 20th. Activity will be on CW/SSB on
160-6 meters. The QSL Manager is Sergio Del Gaudio, CE3WDH,
P.O.Box 240-3, Santiago, CHILE. QSLs via Bureau are also OK.
CORRECTION TO OPDX.396. Under
"HC8, GALAPAGOS", we mentioned that N5KO's name was
Bob. This is incorrect. His name is Trey. Also, the LINK to the
V26B site in the bulletin had a capital "B" in the URL
and hence it would not work. The address should have been: http://www.frc-contest.org/v26b/index.htm
DXCC NEWS. If you are not a OPDX
InterNet Subscriber, you missed a special bulletin that was sent
out announcing that the DXCC Desk will be purging 9U contacts as
far back as January 1, 1994, and after. The purging will take
place before March. The DXCC Desk reasoning is: "The
submission of forged documentation is a clear violation of DXCC
Section 1, Basic Rule 7, and also Rule 12 (a). Bill Moore, NC1L,
from the League, says. "The list includes the callsigns
listed below and may or may not be limited to these: 9U/F5FHI,
9U/EA1FH, 9U5W, 9U5DX, 9U5T, 9U5CW and 9U5DX. Remember, only the
contacts dated January 1, 1994, or after do not count. Some have
credits before this and these would be OK. The station 4U9U is
OK."
E4, PALESTINE. The excitement
continues from this one even though the LIDS/KIDS and SPACE
CADETS try to disrupt operations. REMEMBER, ignore them! Anyway,
several stations have been active with more to be aired in the
coming weeks. As reported in last week's bulletin and in the
specially issued OPDX bulletin (to OPDX InterNet Subscribers)
throughout the week E44A, E44B, E44C, E44D and E44DX are all
licensed to operate. A message from Jim Smith, VK9NS, earlier in
the week informed OPDX that he talked to Ali, E44A (JY4NE). Ali
stated that there are four students at the local college being
trained so that they, too, can be licensed in the near future.
Jim states, "....this is good news and hopefully we can
expect plenty of activity in months and years to come. For
myself, the appearance of Palestine on the bands with that brand
new ITU allocated prefix/callsign has been one of the most
signifcant events my amateur radio life. Having worked in the
Middle East and knowing a little of events it is special. We
should wish Palestine and its radio amateurs every success as
they join our hobby." The E44DX team continues to be very
active mainly on SSB, but they were active for a few days last
week before the CW contest and will do some CW operations after
the ARRL International DX CW Contest, starting at 0000z, Monday.
Their focus will be on 7 MHz. The E44DX Palestine DXpedition
team's absolute highlight, however, has been their meeting with
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat where Yasser Arafat expressed
his support for ham radio, and he sent his regards to the
worldwide amateur community. Your editor talked to Bernie, W3UR
(Editor of "The Daily DX"), on 10 meters last Saturday
and he informed me that at that time, the team has worked about
23000 QSOs. Their goal is over 35000 QSOs before their operation
ends on Tuesday, February 23rd. The International Amateur Radio
Volunteers (IARV) team led by Yoshi, JA1UT, is Palestine right
now. The team is has 7 members/operators to help establish
another radio-telecommunications system in Palestine. The
announcement indicated that Toshi/JA8RUZ and Hiro/JP1TRJ will
concentrate on amateur radio operation 24 hours continuously with
two radios. Activity will be on 80-10 meters including WARC band
CW and SSB. There wil be NO RTTY this trip. Yoshi was spotted
over the weekend as JA1UT/E4.
FW, WALLIS ISLANDS. Just a quick
reminder that Cedric, HB9HFN, will be active from here February
23th through March 8th. His callsign will be FW5FN. Please refer
to OPDX.390 for more details. Cedric states that he will try to
post the log during his DXpedition every 3-4 days on his Web page
at: http://www.qsl.net/hb9hfn/log/fw_search.html
QSL cards will be available via the bureau. You can fill in your
request at: http://www.qsl.net/hb9hfn/log/fw_search.html#request
Or send direct with a SAE (Self addressed envelopes) and the
necessary return postage.
GU, GUERNSEY. "The 59(9)
DXReport" is reporting that Bill, G4YWY, will be active from
here March 24-28th, as GU4YWY/M. Look for him to be active mainly
on 17/15 meters and the IOTA frequencies. QSL homecall.
HK0, SAN ANDRES (Update). The
Woodbridge Wireless (WWI) from Woodbridge, Virginia, is pleased
to announce its 4th DXpedition which will coincide with the 1999
ARRL DX Phone Contest. The callsign, as of now, will be HK0/W4DC,
but they trying to obtain a short contest call. They plan to
operate from March 2-9th. During the contest, two transmitters
will be on the air. Operations before and after the contest will
emphasize RTTY, CW, and the WARC bands. All contest QSOs will be
confirmed auto- matically with a photo QSL via the bureau. You
can send a SASE to W4DC if you need one quicker, or for QSOs
outside the contest. The "TEAM SAN ANDRES" members are
W4DC, K5OF, AA3KX, WB4ZNH, WN4FVU (if you need a YL contact),
N2PP, and WZ8P. For the latest news and log checking, check out
their Home Page at: http://www.pwcweb.com/wwi/DXpedition/
J6, ST. LUCIA. The St. Lucia
Amateur Radio Club will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the
independence of St. Lucia with an activity day on Monday,
February 22nd. Look for J69SF on 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20 meters
(SSB and CW) 1800-2200z. Activity will continue later if demand
requires. The club will be sending a special certificate upon
request. Help with the postage will be appreciated. Send
certificate requests to: St. Lucia Radio Club, co/ Givan George
J69AC, PO Box 1677, Castries, St. Lucia, West Indies.
KG4, GUANTANAMO BAY. The Florida
Dxpedition Group will be active from here March 18-25th. Look for
Bill/W4WX/KG4GC and William/N2WB/KG4WB to be active during the
BARTG RTTY Contest (March 20-21st). Their contest callsign will
be KG4WB. Also, look for them before and after the contest on all
bands with special attention to 6 meters and RTTY. QSL via home
callsign.
OON6TT ON THE ROAD AGAIN. Peter,
ON6TT/5X1T, will be going to three countries
(Ethiopia/Eritrea/Djibouti) in a 14 days emergency mission to
assess needs and to bring in an intervention team to boost the UN
World Food Programme's preparedness to deal with the conflict on
the level of IT and communications. Peter states to not expect a
large scale operation if he is able to receive licenses and to
look for him during his evenings.
PJ8, ST. MAARTEN. Ron/ND5S, his
wife Sue/KF5LG, Bil/W8EB and his wife Dorothy/W8DVC will once
again be on this island. They will be there for three weeks
between February 22nd through March 14th. The group will be using
the callsign of PJ8A for the ARRL DX Phone Contest and will use
the prefix of PJ8/homecall for the rest of the time. They will be
concentrating on 160 and 80 meters but have the capability to
operate on 160-10 meters. The group's equipment includes: Icom
706, PK232 for RTTY, plus the Yaesu FT-900CAT, KamPlus for RTTY,
Yaesu FL-2100Z amplifier, two R-7000 verticals and a 127 foot
sloper for 160 and 80 meters. One vertical is located at the top
of the 10 story building as well as the sloper. The other
vertical will be installed on the three story balcony. This is
their fifth year on the island. They will maintain a daily sked
on 14200 kHz at 2030z with the gang back home in Michigan. So if
someone wants to request a sked on the other bands, please feel
free to stop by and make a schedule.
QSL INFO AND NEWS......
Mirek, VK3DXI, is currently back from his Z2/ZS trip and
is now living in Singapore. He states that he was active
as much as he could as Z2/VK3DXI, and ZS/VK3DXI
considering it was stricly a business trip. Mirek will be
doing the QSLs himself, and the best route is via his new
QTH in Singapore (He is awaiting the return of his 9V1XE
callsign): Mirek Rozbicki, 7 Seletar Terrace, Singapore
806908, Republic of Singapore. Bureau cards are via
VK3DXI, however he also mentions his old addresses are
still valid for VK2DXI, VK3DXI and 9V1XE.
Bill, K4CIA, is NOT QSL Manager for KV4FZ and has no logs
or cards. This information was listed in DXNL after the
160 contest. Bill states that he used to help Stu, W2GHK,
many years ago when he was Herb's manager, but that is
history now.
Chen Ping, BA1HAM, is pleased to announce that NE9Z, Bill
Rinker, as his QSL manager to handle all QSL cards for
him (BA1HAM), except the domestic cards to/from China.
The following stations are QSL via N2AU: ZF2NT, NH7A,
YC0LOW, RZ9WZ, ZP5XF, KL7Y, KH6X and W6XR. The ARRL DX
Bulletin gave the wrong QSL information for the KH6X
operation by K5NA. All QSOs as K5NA/KH6 are via K5NA.
Zoli, HA5PP, informs OPDX that 99% of the E30HA's QSLs
went out last week. Now for the BAD NEWS. Zoli has been
informed by the Hungarian Police that they found many
stolen foreign letters which included a lot of E30HA
request and QSLs in a postal worker's home. This means
some will not receive QSL cards, and Zoli is very sorry
about this situation which will cause many to re-QSL.
S7, SEYCHELLES. Erik/SM0AGD,
with his XYL Eva and Thor/LA7XB, will be here for 2 weeks, March
1-14th. This is not a full-scale DXpedition, so look for S79AG
and S79XB. QSL to operator's homecall. Erik mentions that there
are some restrictions, 80 meters is not allowed at all and 40
meters only between 7050-7100 kHz. Look for them on CW above 7050
kHz.
SPECIAL EVENT. Once again the
Eastern and Mountain District Radio Club (EMDRC) will be
operating with the special event callsign VI3GP to celebrate the
1999 Australian Formula One Grand Prix. Operation will take place
on all HF bands 160-10 meters (SSB and CW) and locally on 2m.
Various EMDRC operators will operate from their home QTHs, many
of whom are regular DXers. The callsign will be operational from
0000z, March 4th, through 2359z, March 7th, except for the 2
hours during the actual GP (approx 0300-0500z March 7th). QSL to
VK3ER via the bureau or direct to the CBA, PO Box 87, Mitcham,
3132, AUSTRALIA, with return postage and SAE. As usual, a special
QSL card is being designed for this year's GP.
T4, CUBA. During the ARRL
International DX SSB Contest, look for the "No-Name
DX-Group" to be active again operating as T48RAC from
Santiago. Activity will be on all bands. Operators will be
VE3ESE, VE3SDN, CO8HF, CO8KL, CO8OT, CO8TW, CO8LY, CO8UZ, CO8VN,
CO8DC, CO8AJ, CO8DD and CM8YK. There will be an on-line QSOs look
up on the "KWARC" Web page at: http://www.kwarc.org
Use the Cuban Flag as your guide. QSL via VE3ESE, Don Fisher, 48
Lucerne Dr., Kitchener, Ontario N2E 1B3. Send a SAE, and green
stamp for QSL card or SASE in Canadian postage.
UA0, ASIATIC RUSSIA. Mike,
UA0MF, informs OPDX that he is on daily during his evening on 160
meters (1830.5 kHz) calling USA at from 1200z to 1400z. He is in
"Zone 19", and if somebody needs him for some awards,
just send him a message for a sked via his E-mail address at: ua0mf@mail.primorye.ru
His QSL Manager in the USA is W3HNK. Direct QSL cards can be sent
to is address: Mike Filippov, P.O.Box 20, Vladivostok, 690021,
Russia.
VK9L, LORD HOWE ISLAND. Ed,
K8VIR, will be active again March 6-18th as VK9EHH. Look for his
SSB activity on 14162, 14260 and 21300 kHz. QSL via W8WC.
VP5, TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS.
George/N2GA and Diane/K2DO will be active from the
Providenciales, May 24th through June 1st. They will be active as
a Multi-Single entry in the CQ WPX CW Contest on May 29th and
30th, as VP5GA. Before and after the contest they will be active
as VP5/N2GA and VP5/K2DO. Please QSL to home calls and to N2GA
for VP5GA.
XF4, REVILLAGIGEDO. A group from
XE1 operators will activate Socoro Island (NA-030) belonging to
the Archipelago of Revillagigedo, March 1-15th. Their callsign
will be XF4MX. Activity will be on 160-10 meters, Satellites,
RTTY, CW and SSB. THe XF4MX DXpedition is formed by the following
Operators:
XE1FSK Danny, operator in digital modes and phone.
XE1FRF Fabo operator CW
XE1ITJ Louis Pilot Station and Spokesman
XE1MX Mark team manager and responsible for the
operation, QSL Manager, and phone operator
They will also be in the ARRL DX SSB Contest as a
Multi-Single entry.
XT, BURKINA FASO. The "DX
News Letter" reports that Michel/F5RLE and Joel/F5AOW, are
active as XT2DM (on CW) and XT2OW (on SSB) now until March 1st.
Look for them to be active on 12/17/30 meters. QSL via F5RLE.
XU7, KAMPUCHEA (Cambodia). OPDX
has been informed by Chung, HL2KAT, that Mr. Song Hyung Sub,
HL2AQN, will be active here as XU7AAC from March 11-15th. He will
leave Seoul, Korea, March 10th at 0000z to fly to BangKok and
from here to Pnompenh. He will depart from Pnompenh on March
17th. Activity will be on 40/15/10 meters CW/SSB. QSL via HL2AQN:
Song Hyung Sub, Buwon Apt. 9-101, 340, Wonjeong-dong, Bucheon,
Kyunggi-do, 421-200 Korea. Chung states that a relative Website
can be found at: http://www.qsl.net/hl2kat/ Also, Song's
E-mail address is: hl2aqn@sbsmail.net
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