The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 425 BID: $OPDX.425 September 6, 1999 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern
Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network,
WB2RAJ/WB2YQH & The 59(9) DXReport, W3HC, W4DR, N5KO, N6RT,
N6TJ, K8YSE, WA8AA, 9M2TO, BA1DU, DF4RD, EA3BT, JM1LJS, LA7MFA,
LU7DIR, PA3AXU, VK4AAR, VK9NS, ZD8V/KF4OOX, ZS5BBO and Kevin
Walton for the following DX information.
5W, SAMOA (Update/Refer to OPDX.424). Gerard,
PA3AXU, informs OPDX that he will arrive in 5W-land early morning
(local time) September 28th, and he states that he should have
had enough time to sleep during his flights (total travelling
time 29 hours). He states that he will be active on PSK31 and
hopes that Pacific will allow at least some low band activity,
although he will not be taking an amplifier. All equipment and
software has been tested last weekend. Gerard adds, "My XYL
Ria will go with me, but she promised me that she will take
enough books to read, so that the time I can be QRV is
'unlimited'." Activity will last until October 14th. QSL
via: G.A.M.C. Dijkers, Dokter P.A. Cornethof 3, 6669AZ Dodewaard
(The Netherlands).
7Q7, MALAWI. NODXA member Edwin, ZS5BBO,
reports that he will hopefully be operating a station from the
shores of Lake Malawi from December 19-26th. Edwin mentions that
he doesn't have a callsign as of yet, but he has been told it
could be 7Q7BB or 7Q7BO. This will be a SSB operation only on 10,
15 and 20 meters using his IC-706MK2 and possibly the antenna
that is already up at the hotel where he is staying. Please stay
tuned for further updated information regarding Edwin's vacation
plans.
9A2000, BRIONI ISLANDS (Update/Change, Please
refer to OPDX.420). Mac, W3HC, informs OPDX that Sado, 9A2OP,
reported that some changes have been made to their DXpedition
plans. The authorities have changed their callsign to be used.
The new callsign will be 9A2000B instead of 9A2000FT which was
announced earlier. They will be active no the Brioni Islands
group (EU-110) now until September 8th. As this bulletin was
being prepared, activity so far seems to be mainly 15 and 20
meters. Watch 14011, 14260, 21238 and 21260 kHz. QSL via 9A7K.
C9, MOZAMBIQUE. "The 59(9)
DXReport" reports that Reinhard, DL6DQW, will be active
September 18-21th as C91RF. QSL via homecall.
CN, MOROCCO. Members of the Bavarian Contest
Club (BCC) are forming a Multi/Multi team to participate in the
upcoming CQWW DX Contests. The contests callsign (CW/SSB) will be
CN8WW. CN8WW will have seperate stations on all six bands for the
complete 48 hours of both contests. Suggested frequencies for the
CQWW SSB Contest (October 30-31st) +/- QRM are: 1855, 3755, 7055,
14255, 21355 and 28355 kHz. Suggested frequencies for the CQWW CW
Contest (November 27-28th) +/- QRM are: 1833, 3533, 7033, 14033,
21033 and 28033 kHz. QSL CN8WW to DL6FBL via the bureau or direct
to: Bernd Och, Chr.-Wirth-Str. 18, D-36043 Fulda, Germany. For
the latest updates, check out the CN8WW Web site at: http://www.dl6fbl.de/cn8ww/.
For questions, send to the CN8WW E-mail Address: cn8ww@boc.de
EA8, CANARY ISLANDS. Look for Jeff, G4ELZ, to
be active as EA8/G4ELZ/P, September 4-18th from Puerto de la
Cruz. Activity will be mainly 20 meters CW during his evenings
and mornings. Watch for him around 14060 kHz.
EAST TIMOR VOTES FOR INDEPENDENCE. Over the
past weekend the Associated Press reported that the "U.N.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced Friday night what was
apparent all week - that East Timorese had voted in a landslide
to end a quarter-century of often brutal Indonesian rule. U.N.
officials said that 344,580 people, or 78.5 percent, voted to
split with the world's fourth most-populous nation. The news
triggered a violent backlash by anti-independence forces, who had
favored autonomy within Indonesia and had tried to disrupt the
vote by attacking U.N. workers. At least four local U.N. workers
were killed this week and another six were missing and feared
dead." The Indonesian government is expected to respect the
referendum and grant East Timor independence. Stay tuned!
GEARED UP FOR THE CQWW DX CONTESTS. Jim
Neiger, N6TJ, reports, "Once again, 'NEIGER'S TIGERS' is
forming multiple Teams for the upcoming CQWW DX Contest, both SSB
and CW. Just when you thought it safe to return to the
jungle......" Last year's CQ WW SSB, Jim's
"TIGERS" placed 3 teams in the Top Ten, plus a new all
time SSB Team Record. Jim states that he will return to Ascension
Island as ZD8Z for the SSB contest, 10 meters only, and then to
Brazil for the CW contest, also 10 meters only from ZX5J QTH.
HC8, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. HC8N will be
activated in the CQWW RTTY Contest this month as a multi-multi
effort operated by N5KO, W6OTC, K6AW, WF1B, N4GN, W5AP and HC1OT.
QSL via AA5BT.
HS, THAILAND. "The 59(9) DXReport"
reports that Don, G3VFU (ex A92BE, A45XU), is now active as
HS0/G3VFU and only for an unspecified time. We have seen no QSNs
reported yet, but look for him on SSB. QSL via W3HNK.
HUNTING LIONS ON THE AIR CONTEST - JANUARY 2000.
The 29th annual Hunting Lions on the Air contest will take place
on the weekend of January 15-16th, in the year 2000. This contest
is to create and foster a spirit of understanding and
co-operation among radio amateurs and Lions through worldwide
communication. This contest is to comemorate the birthday of the
founder of Lionism, Melvin Jones, born at Ft. Thomas, Arizona,
USA, on January 13, 1879. For more details please visit the
following Web site: http://www.sarl.org.za/contests/lionita.htm.
Edwin, ZS5BBO, will be signing his contest callsign ZS5T and will
be operating the station on behalf of the Durban South Lions
Club. By the way, Edwin is also the Vice President of the Durban
South Lions Club.
IOTA NEWS...
AS-NEW. Look for BI7Y to be active from
Xisha Archipelago (Paracel Island) in the South China
Sea. Nine operators from China will participate in this
activity. They are: BA1AJ, BA1DU, BA1HAM, BA4RC, BA4TA,
BA7IA, BA7JA, BG7YB and BG7YC. The activity is supported
by Chinese Radio Sports Association, The Beijing DX Club
and The Island Radio Expedition Foundation Inc. The team
members will assemble at Hainan Island (AS-094) on
September 5th. They will operate there using their home
callsign/7 for about 24 hours, and then they will start
to go to Yangxing Island, Xisha Archipelago by boat on
September 7th. They expect to be active on the island at
0500z on the 8th and will stay for 5 days, and then leave
the island on the 13th. They will set up two stations
with one beam and one PA and will work on CW, SSB and
RTTY on the normal IOTA frequencies from 40 meters to 10
meters. They will answer all QSL cards which come from
QSL bureau, or you can send your QSL cards via official
QSL bureau (P.O.Box 6106, Beijing 100061, China), or you
can send your cards to BA7JA directly (P.O.Box 1713,
Guangzhou 510600, China). Any question should be sent to
BI7Y team coordinators Alan/BA1DU (ba1du@arrl.net) and
Yang/BA7JA (ba7ja@amsat.org).
AS-073. Tex, 9M2TO, will be active again
from Redang Beach Resort on Redang Island from September
18-21st. Activity will be mainly CW on 40-10 meters. His
son JF0GEV will also be an operator. QSL to the bureau
via JA0DMV or direct to 9M2TO Penang QTH. All the QSOs
will be sent via the JARL Bureau before the end of
October AUTOMATICALLY!
LAST CHANCE TO WORK ZD8V. Paul, ZD8V/KF4OOK,
reports: "ZD8V will go QRT on Wednesday, September 8th. I
got to pack up everything and turn it in for shipping on
September 10th. I will try to be on the air as much as I can. I
will be trying to show up on the 247 DX net (14.247 MHz), the
ANNSE Net (14.164 MHz around 0700Z) and the JA DX Net (21.365 MHz
around 2000Z). I am looking for Pacific DXCC places. I am kind of
weak on them. I am also looking for the members of two clubs. The
Mercer Co. ARC in Sharon Pa and the Indian River ARC in Cocoa Fl.
I would like to work as many of the above as I can as well as
working every one else.....On September 8th, I will have to go
QRT then go to work on mid-days and then I will pack up my
computer and ham station. I hope propagation is very good the
next week as I will be spending as much time on the air as I can
and I want to get the most out of the bands." NOTE: Please
see new QSL route for ZD8V down below.
PACIFIC OPERATION UPDATE (T31, Kanton Island and ZK3,
Fakaofo Island). Operator/QSL Manager Lech, LA7MFA,
reports that the "1999 Double Trouble DXpedition" is
right on track, and they expect to have their first team members
in Pago Pago, American Samoa on Tuesday, September 7th. Look for
Steve, KH8/G4EDG, on CW and Nils, KH8/SM6CAS on SSB. QSL via
their home callsign. From September 14-17th, there might be some
additional operation by the rest of the team. Look for
KH8/SM7PKK, KH8/SM0AGD and KH8/KK6HC. QSL via their home callsign
except for the last one which goes to LA7MFA. New updated QSL
routes are now placed on their main Web page at: http://www.qsl.net/t31t.
Lech states that the operating frequencies for the T31 and ZK3
operations can be found on the Web page: http://www.qsl.net/t31t/qrg.html.
A quick look at the site shows the following suggested
frequencies:
Remember the T31T Kanton Island operation will be from
September 23rd through October 3rd. The ZK3DX Fakaofo Island
(Tokelau) operation is scheduled for October 7-12th. Very
shortly, the update news page will be activated at: http://www.qsl.net/t31t/news.html.
There will be no online log on their WEB page! Please do not send
E-mail to the WEB-master. Everything should go to: t31t@qsl.net. Lech mentions that
some of the sponsored money will actually be used to buy supplies
for the locals on Kanton (T31) and Fakaofo (ZK3). There has not
been any supply boats on these islands for months. Lastly, the
team still needs more donations!
PACIFIC OPERATION (ZL1AMO on move again). Ron
Wright, ZL1AMO, will leave New Zealand on September 8th to
operate for one week as 3D2RW from Fiji. After Fiji he will then
spend one week at Samoa and will operate as 5W1CW, if a suitable
location is found. On September 22nd, Ron will leave by ship for
ZK3 and will arrive at Nukunono Atoll September 24/25th. Ron will
stay on the island approx. 4 weeks until the ship returns. Look
for Ron to be active mainly on CW and the lower bands, especially
160 meters.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
Jim Smith, VK9NS, reports to OPDX that
he will be leaving Norfolk Island soon, and the QSLing
will stop until he gets back. He wants us to tell
everyone to "Please ask the guys/gals not to
re-QSL." Jim is due back on Norfolk Island in mid
November. By the way, Jim has been working some RTTY and
is really enjoying PSK31.
The new address for QSLs for ZD8V is as
follows: Paul L Hutley, 298 Logan Ave., Sharon, Pa 16146.
Paul informs OPDX that, "This is my parents' address
and will be a good one for a long time to come. I don't
know how long they will forward my mail from my address
from Ascension to my parents address in Sharon Pa., so I
would like to get everything moving that way now so I
don't have to worry about missing mail."
It has been reported that Abdollah,
EP2FM, states that he is not receiving all the envelopes
that he should and is having a difficult time cashing in
IRCs. He states most postal workers in Iran have not
heard of IRCs, and currently one IRC is not enough for
one stamp to send a letter to a country like the USA and
Canada. However, he still prefers IRCs over green stamps
because they seem to make it through the mail better.
Abdollah's E-mail address is: as@neda.net.
Alan, VK4AAR, reports that the
Australian Overseas Postal Charges **WILL RISE
DRAMATICALLY** in the immediate future. Please act
accordingly.
L27DIR special event station active May
16-23rd to celebrate the "75th Anniversary of the
World Record of Distance" should be QSLed to LU7DIR
via the bureau or direct to: Jose E. Campos, P.O. Box 26,
1650 San Martin, Bs. Aires, ARGENTINA.
QSL 9M2K via QSL Manager 9M2AA as per
Callbook and QRZ.COM. This was a special event station in
Port Dickson, Malaysia in commemoration of year 2000
(Y2K) by the Malaysian Amateur Radio Transmitters'
Society. There will be a special commemorative QSL card
issued for the event.
T8, PALAU. Toshi/JA6QXW and Mac/JA1OYP will
be active as T88XW and T88XX, respectively from September
12-15th. Activity will be on 20, 17, 15, 12, 10 and 6 meters. HF
power will be 500W and on 6m 200W(?) with beam antennas. QSL
T88XW via JA6QXW and T88XX via JA1OYP.
VP2, MONTSERRAT '99 DX-PEDITION. A press
release by Josep, EA3BT, reports that an operation will take
place October 22-30th. Team members Josep/EA3BT and Nuria/EA3WL
(YL station) will use the callsign VP2MBT and VP2MGL. Activity
will be on 80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10 meters SSB, RTTY and some CW.
Josep states, "Because of the last eruption of the
Soufrieres volcano on the island of Montserrat that happened in
1997, the radio amateur activity from the island has been very
poor. This is the reason why we think that it is convenient to
organize a DXpedition that covers the demand over this DXCC
country. Our aim is to be active in the maximum number of bands
and modes, attending the requests that can be done to us."
QSL via EA3BT. An online log search will be available and is
under construction at: http://www.qsl.net/ea3bt.
ZF2, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Look for Steve, W7TZ, to
sign ZF2CQ now through September 18th. This will be a SSB only
operation. QSL is via W7TZ direct.
ZS5, SOUTH AFRICA. Edwin, ZS5BBO, reports
that he will be active in the upcoming CQWW DX SSB Contest as a
single station on a single band signing ZS5T.
SPECIAL NOTE FROM OPDX'S OFFICIAL CHIEF PROOFREADER
(ed. Linda my XYL). I'd like to thank each and everyone of you
who sent me special birthday wishes. I have never had so many
birthday greetings in my whole life. This was quite a surprise
because Tedd sneaked that entry in on me, and I had no idea he
let the whole world in on my "29th birthday". Thanks
again; I enjoyed hearing from everyone!!
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