The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 428
BID: $OPDX.428 September 27, 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, W1LU, WW2R,
WB2RAJ/WB2YQH & The 59(9) DXReport, K3UG, WB3JFS,AA5DX,
W4SMG, KH6BZF REPORTS, K8YSE, NE8Z/HC1MD, BD7NQ, DJ5AV & DX
News Letter, EA5BY, EA4DX, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, G3SWH,
JA1ELY, JA1SGU, JI3DST, OH2BR, OZ6ACD, PY2ZX & QTC Magazine,
ZR6AXB and 9M2TO for the following DX information.
3C0, ANNOBON ISLAND. The 3C0R operation is
now QRT. Tony, EA5BY, reported that the team had some misfortunes
during their operation and trip there:
The RTTY equipment was damaged and could not be fixed.
One amplifier was damaged during the operation.
One laptop was damaged during the operation.
The GOOD NEWS is: The team has obtained from the authorities
the approval for future operations from Annobon. Therefore, they
will leave all the generators and gear at the Base.
3V8, TUNISIA. "The 59(9) DXReport"
reports that Albert, F2KN, will be active from the 3V8BB club
station October 5-15th. PLEASE NOTE: QSL this operation ONLY via
F6FNU.
6 METER BEACON. Tex, 9M2TO, reports that the
members of MARTS have installed a new 6 meter beacon on 50.005
MHz. The beacon is on the island of Penang (9M2TO QTH) using the
callsign is 9M2TO/B. The beacon is on 24 hours days running 25
watts into a 5/8 GP.
9M6, EAST MALAYSIA. Phil Whitchurch, G3SWH,
informs OPDX that he will be active as 9M6PWT from Sabah between
November 3-15th. He menitions that this will be a holiday
operation on all bands 40-10 meters, CW only. He will be staying
in three different hotels, and he already has permission to put
up his antennas. Times of activity will be on an "as and
when" basis, but he will probably follow the extablished
pattern of early mornings and late afternoons, local time. QSLs
will be via my his home address.
AGELESS DXPEDITIONER HEADS FOR AFRICA. Look
for 76 years old DXpeditioner Mako, JA1OEM, to be returning to
West Africa. His planned schedules are as follows:
C56HP - The Gambia from October 1-6th. Activity will be
on various bands on CW (very slow speed) and SSB. No low
band operation at this time.
XT2HP - Burkina Faso from October 8th and November 3rd.
Activity on all bands 160-10 meters and on CW (very slow
speed) and SSB. QSL direct ONLY and NO Bureau cards.
Direct address is: Mako Toyofuku, P.O.Box 9, Sawara,
287-0003 JAPAN
ATTENTION TOPBANDERS! Propagation Guru Lee,
KH6BZF, informs OPDX that in the northern hemisphere during the
evenings/nights of October 1-2nd, 2-3rd, and 4-5th, respectively,
some low K-indices are expected. Lee would like to hear how you
did during these nights. His E-mail address is: KH6BZF@arrl.net.
E4, PALESTINE (Update). Ayar, E44/OZ6ACD,
informed OPDX that he has not been on the air for a couple of
months due to a death in the family. He has planned to be active
again by September 17th, but reports that his down system is
down. His is currently trying to restore his antenna and hopes to
be on the air soon. Ayar states that he plans to be active until
Christmas, but he "might continue well beyond the Millinium
celebrations!" He wants to remind OPDX readers NOT to send
QSL cards to his callbook address. QSL ONLY to Allis, OZ1ACB.
Ayar travels to Denmark every 2-3 months, so it is much
better/easier to send the cards directly to Allis or via the
bureau to her.
FO & FO0, FRENCH POLYNESIA AND MARQUESAS ISLANDS.
The "LNDX" reports that Serge/F6AUS and F6AOI will be
active as FO/home call or a FO0 callsign from the following
scheduled islands:
FO0 Marquesas Islands (OC-027): Hiva-Oa from November
3-10th
Nuku-Hiva from November 10-14th
FO French Polynesia Island: Raiatea (OC-067) from
November 14-17th
Bora-Bora (OC-067) from November 17-20th
Moorea (OC-046) from November 20-22th.
The operators will be active on SSB, CW and RTTY.
FT5X/FR5HR QSLS ARE NOT GOOD FOR DXCC. Mike,
W4SMG, reports that he and others are finding out that these
cards are being rejected by the DXCC Desk. The Desk states that
the operator was not physically on the island and was operating
from aboard a ship which will not count. By the way, this
operation took place back in January, 1998.
HC, ECUADOR. Rick, NE8Z, will be active as
HC1MD from Tumbaco, Ecuador, and HC1MD/HC7 from the Amazon Jungle
from November 30th-December 14th. Most of his activity will be on
the WARC bands CW. Rick will also be especially active on 6
meters with a TS680s and a Cushcraft yagi. All QSLs go via:
K8LJG, direct CBA or bureau. SPECIAL NOTE FROM RICK/NE8Z:
"Maria (HC1MM) and I will be touring EA (Barcelona & the
Eastern coast of Spain), C3-Andorra, ZB2, EA9-Ceuta, CN-Morocco
and EA6-Palma/Mallorca beginning October 22nd. I would like to
meet local DXers in those areas if possible. I plan on only
taking 2 meters for the mobile. ---- My E-mail address is: ne8z@mich.com ----"
IOTA NEWS...
AS-041. Takeshi, JI3DST, reports that he
had to cancel his trip to Oki Island because of a
typhoon. He will continue to make plans to go here in the
future and will inform OPDX on the new plans.
AS-139. The GuangXi DX Club of China
announces that they will be going to Wei-Zhou Island.
Operators BA7QT, BA7QQ, BA7QN, BD7QY, BD7QJ, and BG7SX
will activate this island as BI7W on some of the regular
IOTA frequencies October 1-3rd. Wei-Zhou Island belongs
to GuangXi Province P.R China in south China sea area
(109e25 21n37). This will be the second time for amateur
radio waves to be sent out from this small island. QSL
via BA7JA (P.O.BOX1713#, Guangzhou, P.R. China, 510600)
with a SASE please and direct only. They will set up two
stations and operate on 40-10 meters SSB/CW. Suggested
frequenices are: 7025, 7055, 10115, 14038, 14260, 18098,
18128, 21038, 21260, 21400, 24918, 24945, 28038, 28465,
29.280 (FM only) kHz.
J6, ST.LUCIA. Barry/K3UG, K3LP, N3NT and K7KL
will be here for the CQWW SSB Contest using the callsign J6R.
QSLs to N3NT's CBA. They will be active on all bands during the
week prior to the contest concentrating on CW/RTTY and WARC
contacts.
J8, ST. VINCENT. Look for Mike/K6MYC and
Jimmy/W6JKV to be active from Mustique Island (IOTA NA-025)
between October 29th and November 6th. At this time their
reported activity will be on 2 and 6 meters. Also, no callsigns
were mentioned.
KH0, MARIANA ISLANDS. Yama/JA1SGU and
Kaz/JJ1KZI are to be active October 6-9th as KH0T and KH0V,
respectively. They will be active mainly on the WARC bands CW.
QSL via following their home callsign; KH0T to JA1SGU (S.
Yamazaki, 1-6-10 Towa, Adachi-ku, Tokyo 120-0003 JAPAN) and KH0V
to JJ1KZI.
KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE?? Jeff, WB3JFS, sent this
question to OPDX and states "Just wanted to let you (your
editor) and the readers of OPDX in on a news story that appeared
to be imminent. Could Montenegro be next?" Check out the
following Web page: http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9909/24/kosovo.us/.
PJ2, NETH. ANTILLES - Joeke, PA0VDV will be
active from Curacao (NA-145) as PJ2/PA0VDV between October 7th
and November 15th. His activity will be mainly CW.
PS2, VITORIA ISLAND (New DIB!). Al
Archangelo, PY2ZX, editor of QTC Magazine, informs OPDX that the
LABRE-SP (Brazilian Amateur Radio League) is promoting the first
DXpedtion to the Vitoria Island (IOTA SA-028). The callsign will
be PS2V (Papa Sierra Two Victor). The island is located on the
north shore of Sao Paulo State, and will be activate for the
first time giving out a new DIB number 76 (DIB, the
"Brazilian Islands Award"). Also, on the island is a
lighthouse which is 101 meters above sea level having the DFB
number SP03 (DFB, the "Brazilian Lighthouses Award").
The PS2V DXpedition will take place October 8-12th. Operators
will be: Martins/PY2HN, Tony/PY2MT, Jac/PY2PA, Claudio/PY2KP,
Waldir/PY2WC, Tom/PY2YU and Al/PY2ZX. Activity will be on all the
HF bands (WARC bands included, 160 meters to be confirmed) and
the VHF bands (6 and 2 meters) on SSB and CW. QSL via PY2AA, the
LABRE-SP International Bureau.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
Roberto, EA4DX, reports that the logs
from his T24DX and 3D2DX operations have been updated and
can be found on the Web at: http://www.qsl.net/ea4dx/Tuvalulog1.htm.
The printing of the QSLs should be done before December,
so please do not send second requests yet. QSL via EA4CP
to one of the following addresses: Jose Diaz, Doce de
Octubre # 4, 28009 Madrid, SPAIN Jose Diaz, PO BOX 50546,
28080 Madrid, SPAIN
G4FRE/SV9 QSLs. As of September 24th,
all direct QSL cards for G4FRE/SV9 sent to WW2R have been
answered. By the time this is published, the logs should
be online at: http://www.flash.net/~g4fre/logsearch.htm.
QSL UT9NA via UR4NWW either direct
(P.O.Box 8100, Vinnitsa 286050, Ukraine) or through the
bureau. Serge, UT9NA, was active in the CQ/RJ WW DX RTTY
Contest this past weekend.
W1NLK was activated by the "Greater
Norwalk Amateur Radio Club" from Sheffield Island
(IOTA NA-136 and USI CT-008s). For more details and QSL
information, check the U.S. Island Home Page at: http://www.eng.mu.edu/~usi/.
REMEMBER TO LOOK FOR THE DOUBLE TROULBE DXPEDITION.
They will be active this week until October 3 from Kanton Island
as T31T. Please refer to OPDX.423/422.
SPECIAL EVENT. Look for special event
stations ZS100ZAR and ZS100OVS to be active from South Africa for
the centenary commemorations of the Anglo Boer War. According to
Marius, ZR6AXB, "the Boers were the first in history to
order two-way radio telegraph equipment for military purposes. To
commemorate the war with the focus on the roll of communication
during the war, special event stations will be active in the
capitols of the two Boer Republics-Oranje Vrystaat (Orange Free
State) and Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek: Bloemfontein and
Pretoria, using the special event call signs: ZS100-OVS and
ZS100ZAR respectively. The stations will initially be active over
the period 7 to 13 October, including the date of the outbreak of
the war 100 years ago." Suggested frequencies are: 3640,
7082 and 14160 kHz. QSL cards will be issued.
TY, BENIN. The "DX News Letter"
reports that Eddie, W6/G0AZT, planned to participate in the CQWW
RTTY Contest this past weekend and continue to be active until
September 29th as TY1RY. Outside of the contest, he will also be
on SSB. QSL direct ONLY to Eddie Schneider, PO Box 5194,
Richmond, CA 94805, USA.
USI ALERT. Scott, W1LU, will be operating as
W1L from Little Comfort Island, Rhode Island (No IOTA, but new
U.S. Island) on September 28th at 1600z. QSL to W1LU (ex: WA1P).
Suggested frequency will be 14260 kHz ONLY, and he also hopes to
make a trip to Great Island (U.S. Islands # RI-012S) later that
day.
V6, MICRONESIA. Tunehiro/JA7AB and
Shoji/JA7HMZ will be active from Pohnpei Island September 27th
through October 3rd. JA7AB will sign V63TM and JA7HMZ will sign
V63DX. Activity will be on all bands CW and SSB. They will
concentrate on working Europe and the east coast of North
America. QSL via their home callsign. JA7AB - Tunehiro Miura,
60-208 Terauchi, Akita, 011-0901 JAPAN JA7HMZ - Shoji Igawa,
Yokobori, Ogachi, 019-0204 JAPAN
VP6BR PITCAIRN ISLAND DXPEDITION. The
following is an excerpt from a press release by Jukka
Heikinheimo, OH2BR. Jukka will start his DXpedition to Pitcairn
Island in January 2000 to celebrate his 40 year long Amateur
Radio career. The goal is to give the DX community a maximum
number of VP6 contacts on all ten amateur bands from 6 to 160
meters on CW, SSB and RTTY. Pitcairn Island, VP6, stands at
position 52 on the 425 DX Bulletin 1998 Most Wanted List. With
the recent DXpeditions its actual position would be closer to 30.
The call sign to be used has been confirmed as VP6BR. QSL via
home call OH2BR. SPECIAL NOTE: OPDX InterNet Subscribers will
receive the complete press release as an additional bulletin.
VQ9, CHAGOS ISLANDS. Ron, AA5DX, will be
returning to Diego Garcia at the end of this month. He plans to
stay until the end of January, beginning of February 2000. He
will be active as VQ9DX, mostly on CW, concentrating on the lower
bands 160 and 80 meters. Ron states that he will also be active
on the other HF bands as well as 6 meters. QSL via AA5DX (home
callsign) and allow for time to reply as he will only be able to
answer the cards upon his return stateside.
ZK1, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. "The 59(9)
DXReport" reports that Yasu, JI1NJC, will be active from
Rarotanga October 5-10th. His activity will be on all bands and 6
meters. Look for his beacon on 50.105 MHz. Yasu's callsign will
be issued upon his arrival. QSL via JI1NJC.
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