The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 411 BID: $OPDX.411 May 31, 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,
WB2RAJ/WB2YQH & The 59(9) DXReport, WB2REM, K4QD, KE4LWT,
N6RT, AA7X, K8YSE, NE8Z, KE9KD & DX Central, BD5RV/4, CE6TBN,
CX5BW, DL6FBL, EA5BY, EA4DX, G4BUE & DX News Sheet, GM4FDM,
GM4DMA, IK1QBT, JH6RTO/AH0R, JM1LJS, PS7AB, PT2NP, PT7WA, YZ7ED
and ZS6AQS for the following DX information.
3C0, ANNOBON ISLAND. An international team of
operators composed of Ramon/3C1GS, Roberto/3C1RV, Elmo/EA5BYP and
Vicente/EA5YN, are now in advanced planning stages for an early
September 1999 DXpedition to Annobon Island. ALL the necessary
permissions have been obtained, transport arranged and the
logistics needed to put together an operation from this rare new
one. The team will be joined by a PTT representative and will
leave a complete station on the island. The callsign will be
3C0R, and the operation will last for 10 days. Activity is
planned for 160-2 meters on CW/SSB/RTTY. More information will
follow and is available from any of the operators or via the
following Web sites: LYNX DX GROUP: http://web.jet.es/lynx;
CLIPPERTON DX CLUB: http://www.multimania.com/cdxc/.
7S5, SWEDEN. "The 59(9) DXReport"
reports that special event station 7S5F will be active until
December 31st by the Falu Radioklub, founded in 1924, to
celebrate its 75th Anniversary. QSL via SK4AO.
9V, SINGAPORE. Steve, K9WO (ex VS6WO/VR2WO),
who has been in 9V-land for 20 months, has now received the
license and callsign 9V1DX. We have not seen any QSNs on this
station. QSL via KA9UQT.
AH2, GUAM. Seiji, JH6RTO/AH0R, will be active
from Guam as AH2/AH0R on June 3-6th. Activity will be on 10 to 30
meters, especially on the WARC bands. QSL via JH6RTO or direct:
Seiji Fukushima, Hase 1182-2506, Atsugi 243-0036 Japan.
CV5A, ISLA DE FLORES. Pedro, CX5BW, informs
OPDX that during June 4-7th a couple of CXs and some LU friends
will activate IOTA SA-030, "Isla de Flores", signing
CV5A. They hope operate on all bands and modes including the WARC
bands and digital modes, PSK31. QSL via CX2ABC: P.O.Box 950, ZC
11000, Montevideo, Uruguay. Visit their Web page to find out more
about the island at: http://isladeflores.8m.com/.
E4, PALESTINE. The "DX News Sheet"
reports that a group from the UK may be active from here June
14-28th. Activity will include 6 meters. Meanwhile, two station
have been active over the past week and weekend. David,
E41/OK1DTP, continues to be very active on 20/17/15/12 meters SSB
at various times of the day (try 1330-1500z and 0000-0200z). QSL
via OK1TD. Also active is E4/OK5DX. Activity seems to be mainly
CW on 40/20/15/10 meters on various times during the day. It has
been reported, but not confirmed, QSL via OK1YN.
E41/E44/4X DXPEDITION. Hide, JM1LJS, plans to
be active from these three areas during the period of July 23rd
and August 1st (depending on his work schedule). According to his
release, activity from Palestine will be from the Gaza Strip and
West Bank. He will operate in Israel until he receives the
Palestine license. Until he receives his Palestine license, his
detailed schedule is not known. Activity is planned for 80-10
meters CW/SSB. His power limits are: 500w in Palestine / 100w in
Israeli (The Japanese license limitation is 150w in Israel). His
callsigns and QSL Mangers are as follows: 4X/JM1LJS - QSL via
JL2UXN, E41/JM1LJS (or E41JA) - QSL via JL2UXN (*** West Bank
Only) and E44/JM1LJS (or E44JA) - QSL via VK4FW (*** Gaza Only).
HR, HONDURAS. Look for Al, K3VN, operating
from Honduras during this next week. He will be there for about
one week on business. He plans to be on the WARC bands and low
bands depending upon equipment and antennas available. QSL via
K3VN call book address.
IOTA NEWS...
EU-008. (Correction!) In last week's
bulletin OPDX.410, we mentioned that Jeff, G3LWN, will be
active June 1-4th, as 2S0PNS from the Island of Pabay (57
17.7N/ 05.51.5W, IOSA NH11, WAB NG62). Jeff's callsign
should have been G3LWM, not G3LWN.
EU-083. Tony/IK1QBT, Nino/IK1ZOZ and
Alex/IK1OXF will be active from Gallinara Island (rare
island of Ligurian group), between June 5-6th. Operators
will sign homecall /P and activity will be on all HF
bands SSB/CW (WARC included) around the standard IOTA
frequencies. There will also be activity on 6 meters,
VHF/UHF on SSB Reference number for the Italian Island
Award (IIA) is SV-01. Gallinara is a private island, and
the daylight visit is very restricted only to Island
Archeologic and Biologic presence. EU-083 is the most
wanted IOTA in North America because of the difficultly
to stay and operate during the night. QSL via their
respectives home calls, bureau or direct.
SA-018. The "TEMUCO RADIO
CLUB" (CE6TC) has organized a DXpedition to Quinchao
Island in the Chiloe Arch. The operators will sign
CE6TC/p, July 20-25th, and they will participate in RSGB
IOTA Contest. QSL via CE6TC, Box 1234, Temuco Chile or
via bureau. For more information check the Web page: http://www.qsl.net/ce6tbn.
SA-046. A group will be active from
Itamaraca Island, June 3-6th. Callsigns and operators
will be: PT7BZ/PY7/Ely, PT7WA/PY7/Luke, PY7XC/7/Jim,
PY7ZY/7/Ciro and PY7/7/Fred. Activity will be on 40-10
meters CW/SSB (no nets or list operations). QSL via their
home callsigns.
J6, ST. LUCIA. Bill, AA7X, will be operating
from Jalousie Bay, from June 24-30th, using the callsign J6/AA7X.
He will operate on 40-10 meters. QSL to home call.
JT, MONOGOLIA. Operating from the remote
Central Steppe region of Monogolia, Laurence, GM4DMA, will be
active signing JT from June 19th for approx. 10 days on 1.8-50Mhz
using 100 watts into a simple antenna and solar power. He states
that he will be living in a traditional "Ger" - a felt
lined circular tent. He will be training a volunteer staff in HF
communication techniques before their 10 week expedition covering
from the Gobi desert in the South to the forested uplands and
mountains to the North of the country. This trip follows earlier
training visits to Patagonia (CE), Uganda and Namibia this year
for the "Youth Development Charity Raleigh
International". They are conducting environmental, community
and adventure expeditions in these and other countries.
JY, JORDAN. Look for Pete, N3FNE, to be
active now through the summer of 2000 as JY9NE. Activity will
include 6 meters. QSL via home call.
OJ0, MARKET REEF. With the current activity
from here, Gerben, PA5NT, reports to OPDX that he has been to
Market Reef in 1983 and has constructed a Web story/page about
his trip together with some additional interesting information
about the reef. If you would like to see some pictures and read
details about OJ0 land, visit the Web page: http://dx.to.
PACIFIC DXPEDITION. Roberto, EA4DX, will once
again be active from the Pacific. This time he will be active
from Tuvalu (T2) and Fiji (3D2) during August/September 1999. His
planned schedule so far is:
T2 - Funafuti, Tuvalu (callsign will be
issued on arrival) August 26th through September 11th.
3D2 - Viti Levu, Fiji, signing 3D2DX/P
from September 13-16th Activity will be on all bands
80-10 meters including the WARC bands on the usual SSB DX
frequencies. His equipment includes Yagis for 10-12-15-
17-20 and a vertical for 40-80 meters, plus 1 kw linear.
QSL via EA4CP CBA. More info to come later.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
FO0PAP and FO0MAC cards are now being
received. John, K8YSE, reports that cards are being
mailed as processed. Be looking for them in your mailbox.
QSLs for ZV0SB and ZV0SW. The ABRA-DX
Brazilian Association has informed OPDX that the QSLs for
the ZV0SB and ZV0SW DXpedition are now being sent out by
the QSL Manager, PT2GTI. The QSL card can be seen at the
ABRA's Web site at: http://www.pt2dx.org.br.
QSL 2S5VG/P via GM3UTQ (CBA or the bureau).
This station was active this past weekend from Island of
Eigg (EU-008). Operators were GM3NIG, GM3UTQ, GM4FDM,
GM4YMA, GM0UKZ and 2M1EDN.
NEW QSL Manager. Rick, NE8Z, reports
that he is the new QSL Manager for all QSOs with HC1OT,
HD1OT, HC1OT/HC8 and HD9OT. Ed, K8ZZ/KG8CY, is no longer
able to help Pedro due to his work schedule. Any QSLs
sent to K8ZZ in error will be given to Rick by K8ZZ (they
see each other often). All old contest logs will also be
loaded on Rick's computer.
QSL ZV7ZZ (Calcanhar Lighthouse, DFB
-04) via PS7ZZ: Francisco E. de Freitas, Av Sao Miguel
dos Caribes 31, Neopolis II, 59086-500, Natal RN, Brazil
(or via the Bureau).
"YUGOSLAVIA OFF-LINE" states
Ed, YZ7ED. He informs OPDX to let all OPDX readers that
YU HAM are not able to get any QSLs. There are two
reasons: 1) QSL Bureau NOT working 2) Post Office NOT
working. So, as of March 23th (1999) they haven't
received any letters/cards via the post office service.
Ed states that he will inform us when their post office
service starts working again, but he beleives that this
will not happen soon because of the war.
VA1A active this past weekend was a
special event station celebrating 90th Anniversary of the
first powered flight in Canada (and British Empire) by
the Silver Dart - on February 23, 1909. A special QSL
card showing the Silver Dart being pulled by the horses
on the ice is available via K3BU, Box 282, Pine Brook, NJ
07058, USA.
VQ9CV logs are now online. The VQ9CV
logs through May 13, 1999, are now available at: http://dx.qsl.net/logs.
JW9PJA logs are now online. The JW9PJA
logs for all operations through March 1, 1999, are now
online at: http://dx.qsl.net/logs.
QSL Manager for ZS6SCI is via ZS6NB: Ken
Pickersgill, 60 Selborne Ave., Lyttelton, 0157, Pretoria,
South Africa.
SPECIAL EVENT. BT99WED is a special event
station for "World Environment Day" and will be on air
from June 1-30th (Thanks to the help of BA4RC and other local
hams.) The station is set up by Nanjing Agriculture University to
call the attention of radio amateurs to worldwide environment
protection. They will operate on several bands and modes. They
eagerly want to get in touch (on the air) with some environment
protector or universities and schools devoted to environment
protection. So, please tune for their signal. QSL BT99WED via
F6FNU. For any comments, please direct them to Michael Chen/BD5RV
at: by5qn@qsl.net.
VP2EREM, ANGUILLA. Jim, WB2REM informs OPDX
that from June 28th until July 8th, he will air this special
callsign from the Island of Anguilla. Operations will be on both
CW and SSB, mainly on 10-15-20 meter bands. QSL via WB2REM.
YS, EL SALVADOR (Update/Change). Jack,
KE4LWT, informs OPDX that he will be active as YS9/KE4LWT, not
YS1/KE4LWT as first reported. He was informed last week by SIGET
in El Salvador that he was misformed and that he should be using
the YS1 prefix. Please refer to OPDX.410 for more details.
ZS8, MARION ISLAND. Deryck, ZS8D, was active
this past weekend on 14195 kHz around 1450z. He has indicated
that he still hasn't erected his beam antenna, but is currently
using a wire antenna. QSL via ZS6EZ.
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