The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 402 BID: $OPDX.402 March 29, 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 &
The Golist, N2AU, WB2RAJ/WB2YQH & The 59(9) DXReport, W3JJ,
W4DN, K4PC, N4GN, W5NA, KE9NA, AH0W, W0YG, BV2PU, CT1ERK, CT3HF,
DJ5AV & DX News Letter, E21EIC, F6AJA & LNDX, G4BUE &
DX News Sheet, G4EDG, HS0/G3NOM, IK3ZAW, OZ5AAH, UR5EDO, ZS6RVG
and Maynard Heustis for the following DX information.
3A, MONACO. "The 59(9) DXReport"
reports that Henry, HB9APJ, will be active as 3A/HB9APJ, April
7-19th. Activity will be on 30-10 meters CW with an FT-990 and
magnetic loop antenna. QSL via homecall.
3B9, RODRIGUES ISLAND. Frank Smith, AH0W,
from the Midway-Kure DX Found- ation (MKDXF), has released the
following information: The Midway-Kure DX Foundation is about to
embark on its 1999 DXpedition to Rodrigues Island (AF-017), the
"Cinderella of the Mascarenes", starting April 1st and
running through April 11th. Callsign will be 3B9R. The DXpedition
will operate on all bands, 6 meter through 160 meters and all
modes. One of the 9 HF stations will be dedicated to RTTY only.
Team-members represent five nations and include Bruce
Butler/W6OSP, Kimo Chun/KH7U, Jari Jussila/OH2BU, Victor
Keller/XE1VIC, Jacky Mandary/3B8CF, Garry Shapiro/NI6T, Ned
Stearns/AA7A, Yuuji Yoshitani/JA3IG/K1NT and Frank
Smith/AH0W/OH2LVG, team-leader. Individual team members may also
operate from Mauritius after the operation as 3B9/home-call.
Acting as pilot stations will be Andy Chesnokov UA3AB, Tom
Harrell/N4XP of the Dateline DX Association and Gary McClellan
K7ZD. During the operation they can be contacted as follows: ua3ab@dateline.ru, n4xp@juno.com, k7zd@inficad.com.
QSL manager is Joyce Johnson, N7LVD, 5627 West Hearn Road,
Glendale, Arizona 85306. A Web site will be announced soon.
Up-to-date information can be found at: http://mkdxf@aztec.asu.edu.
5B, CYPRUS. Look for F5SQM to be active as
5B4/F5SQM from April 1st to 6th. Also, look for George, 5B4AGC,
to be active in the CQ WPX SSB Contest as H2G (yep H2G). QSL via
home callsign.
7Q, MALAWI. Activity will increase from this
one. Ron, 7Q7RM, reportedly is back in the country with
John/7Q7JL, Les/7Q7LA and Harry/7Q7HB to follow. QSL is only via
DIRECT to G0IAS. NO BUREAU CARDS!
BV2, TAIWAN. BV2PU will be active in the CQ
WPX Contest as BV2B. Activity will be on all HF bands. QSL via
BV2WA, via direct or bureau.
BY1DX, CHINA. A press release from Tim, N4GN,
reports that the "Beijing- Chaoyang- Nokia Amateur Radio
station", BY1DX, is now active. It is a first-ever foreign
corporate sponsored amateur radio club in China, and it commenced
its activities this past week on 40/20/15 meters. QSL cards go to
OH2BH, Finland CBA address: Nuottaniementie 3D20, 02230 Espoo,
FINLAND. ADDED NOTE: OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive the
complete press release as an additional bulletin.
CQ, PORTUGAL. Antonio, CT1ERK, reports to
OPDX that he will be active during the 1999 CQ WPX SSB Contest
using the special callsign CQ7ERK. He will be active as a Single
Operator/Low Power Single Band 10 meter entry. QSL via his home
callsign CT1ERK via the bureau or direct to his CBA. Also, look
for team CQ9K to be active in the CQ WPX Contest as a
Multi-Single entry. The Team operators are: CT3BD, CT3CD, CT3DL,
CT3HF, CT3HK, CT3IA and CT3KN. The QSL route is via CS3MAD,
P.O.Box 4694, P-9058 Funchal, Madeira Island, or via the Bureau.
E4, PALESTINE. Peter, G3WQU, who has been
operating as 4X/G3WQU from Bethlehem since 1975, has now been
issued a license by the Deputy Minister of Posts and
Telecommunications in Gaza, Palestine, with the callsign
E4/G3WQU. PLEASE NOTE: E4 and not E44 or E41 as previously
issued. Peter will be active during weekends beginning March 26th
on CW only on all bands 80-10 meters, 160 meters is not
available. Peter expects to be in Bethlehem for at least two
years. QSL via G3WQU at RSGB QSL Bureau or direct to: Peter
McKay, UNIFIL, PO Box 75, NAHARIYYA 22100, ISRAEL.
EM4, UKRAINE. The team of UR4EYT (club
station of young technicians) will be active as EM4E during most
contests for the year 1999. The team used to use the contest
callsign UR4E. QSLs are OK via the bureau to UR4EYT, or direct
to: P.O.B. 3363, Dnepropetrovsk-5, 320005, UKRAINE.
HK0. MALPELO ISLAND. Pedro, HK3JJH/0M will
stay there until the early part of April now.
HS, THAILAND. Look for the RAST HS0AC Club
station to be active during the CQWW SSB WPX Contest as a
Multi/Single entry. Operators will be HS1CKC, HS1BZY, HS0GBI,
HS0VGC, E21ENF and E21EIC. The team of operators are licenced to
use 80 and 160 meters during the contest. HS0AC activity will be
on 10/15/20/40/80/160 meters. QSL Manager is HS0/G3NOM. Also,
look for HS7UCQ/p to be active in the CQWW WPX Contest. Operators
will be HS7UCQ, HS7VMI and E21IZC. QSL Manager is E21IZC.
IOTA NEWS. Hans, DF5UG, will re-attempt a
landing on Pulau Satang (OC-165), subject to weather and tidal
conditions. He will use the callsign 9M8QQ. He has received
permission from the National Museum of Sarawak for a two night
stay on the island, and the use of a generator which was not
previously allowed. He plans to leave for the island at 0630z on
Saturday, March 27th, and to depart after 0400z on Monday, March
29th. Look for him on the IOTA SSB frequencies on 14/21/28 Mhz.
QSL via DF5UG.
IOTA NEWS. Veronica, IK3ZAW, reports to OPDX
that her friend Kiki, SV1BRL, and she (and possibly other Athens
ham) will be operating next weekend (April 3-4th) from Evvoia
Island (EU-060). They will be signing with a special callsign,
J41YLS (YLs hi!). Operations will be on phone and as usual CW,
and she will possibly try some of the RS-13 and AO-27 orbits.
JX, JAN MAYEN. If you need this one you
better work it soon. Per, LA7DFA, will go QRT as JX7DFA on April
16th and return to Norway. He reports that there will not be any
further amateur radio activity this summer. Look for Per between
1800 and 2230z on 20 meters SSB/RTTY. Also, check 30 meters.
KP2, AMERICAN VIRGIN ISLANDS. The "DX
News Letter" reports that Chet, W6XK, will be active as WP2Z
during the CQ WPX SSB Contest. QSL via KU9C. Before and after the
contest he will be signing as KP2/W6XK. QSL via W6XK.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
MORE ON ZF2NT QSL ROUTE (Correction).
Last week we mentioned that Chris, K4PC (one of 4-land's
QSL Bureau Sorters), reported that many QSLs (for ZF2NT)
have been sent to the Bureau for N4YBF (who does not keep
SASEs on file with the Bureau). OPDX and K4PC have
learned since then, thanks to N2AU and ZF2NT, that N4YBF
is NOT the QSL Manager for Bruce, ZF2NT. Art, N2AU,
reports that in May of 1998, the callsign was reissued to
Bruce Sawyer, N6NT, and Art has been the QSL Manager for
ZF2NT since day one of Bruce's operation. Art has
contacted Chris, K4PC, by E-mail and will be sending
Chris some SASEs to answer the bureau cards. So the story
has a happy ending.
HC8L QSL ROUTE UPDATE. Art, N2AU,
reports that he is now the QSL Manager for Dave, W6NL,
who operated as HC8L in the past ARRL SSB DX Contest. He
states that it will take 6-8 weeks to get cards and logs.
So, all cards for the last ARRL SSB Contest and future
operations go via N2AU.
Art, N2AU, also reports to OPDX that he
is the QSL Manager for the following stations: NH7A,
YC0LOW, YB0ARA/9, YB0JWA, KH6X, KH6T, KH6XT, XE1RGL,
ZF2NT, HC8L, V31DX, 4X6TT, V29TT, RZ9WZ, UA9FGR, ZP5XF,
YO3APJ (NA only), CT1EGW, KL7Y, CT98EGW, and W6XR.
Reports indicate that the FO0SIL QSLs
are being received.......
QSLs for the NP3X CQ WPX Contest
operation go via W4DN.........
Z2/ZS6PDX QSL CARDS. David, ZS6RVG, has
informed OPDX that due to a computer problem, David hit
the wrong key, and the QSO times on his computer logs for
most of the Z2/ZS6PDX trip were set to 1500z. David has
received a lot of direct cards and was able to rebuild
alot of the database with approx. the correct QSO times.
However, about 250 cards have been sent to the bureau
with the time field blank. David hopes that this will not
cause to many problems, and thanks everyone for their
patience and tolerance.
E44/OZ5IPA cards for this one-man
DXpedition to Palestine (March 10-15th, 4659 QSOs) have
been received from the printers. QSL Manager is OZ5AAH,
Ben Jakobsen, 9 Knoldager, DK-2670 Greve, Denmark. Cards
without sufficient postage (2 IRC or similar) will be
sent back via bureau. By the way, Ben is also QSL Manager
for: OX3IPA, OY5IPA, HS0/OZ5IPA, and TF/OZ5IPA.
Charlie, W0YG, has requested not to QSL
using the ARRL Bureau system for his recent VK9XX/YY
operation. If you insist on QSLing through the Bureau,
please use the WF5E QSL service which is much easier for
Charlie's QSLing team.
Veronica, IK3ZAW, reports that last
Saturday she received the 5A1IC printed QSLs, and on
Monday (March 22nd) all the direct requests have been
answered. As for the 5A22PA QSLs, she is still waiting
for both the cards and the logs. She states both
operations can be answered via the bureau.
SPECIAL EVENT. "The 59(9) DXReport"
reports that Mike, ZL1MH, will use ZL2RN/1, April 1-30th, as part
of the Commonwealth Area Stations tribute to Portishead Radio.
Activity will be CW on 7020, 10120, 14050, 21050 and 28050 kHz.
SPECIAL EVENT/PREFIX. Industry Canada has
released the prefix CY6 for use by the Calgary area amateurs from
July 1-14th. This is to celebrate the world famous Calgary
Stampede. This will be a good time to work on your Stampede City
Award. Full details of the award can be seen at: http://www.cara.ampr.org/stampede.html
VE6NQ is a two point station for the award and will be on July
1st, in the Canada Day contest. All inquiries can be sent to: ve6yc@rac.ca.
TM7, FRANCE. Look for F5AMH to use the
callsign TM7T in this weekend's CQ WPX SSB Contest.
TZ, MALI. Alexandre, TZ6AK, can sometimes be
found on 20 meters around 0630z, but is hard to find on the
bands. A report indicates that he responds to a "CQ
DX", and he listens for stations instead of calling himself.
OPDX has also learned that Alexandre is French and speaks little
English. QSL info is to: PO Box 933, Bamako, Mali.
WEBSITE OF INTEREST. Leon, W5NA, says to
check out the following MDXA's Web site, "put together by a
bunch of DXERS and Contesters.... who also run the ARRL W5
Incoming QSL Bureau": http://www.mdxa.org.
ZC4 OPERATION CANCELLED. A report states that
George, 5B4AGC, will not operate from ZC4 on March 26th. His
mother has passed way, and he has returned to the UK.
ZD8, ASCENSION ISLAND. The "DX News
Sheet" reports that Jim/N6TJ and Glen/K6NA are active again
until March 31st as ZD8Z and ZD8A. This will include activity in
the CQ WPX SSB Contest (Single Band 10 and 15 meters). QSL ZD8Z
via VE3HO and ZD8A via home callsign.
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