The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 432 BID: $OPDX.432 October 25, 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, K1CC, AI2Q,
K2KQ, KF2TI, N2VW, N2NL, NA2M, WB2RAJ/WB2YQH & The 59(9)
DXReport, AA4XR, N4GN, N4OKX, K6RIM, N7NU, K8YSE, NE8Z, BA1DU,
CE6TBN, DL2GG, E21EIC, EP2FM, EU1EU, F6AJA & Les Nouvelles,
G3SXW, G4ZVJ, HA0KHW, JA1ELY, JI3DST, JI3ERV/NH2C, LA7MFA, LX1NO,
OK1YM, P43P, PS7AB, PY1KS, RN3ZQ, SP2BIK, UA0SJ, UK9AA, UN5PR,
UN7LZ, ZS5BBO and 9K2HN for the following DX information.
10 METERS NET TO RETURN. Beginning the first
weekend of November, the "Brazil DX Net" will return to
28430 kHz from 1200-1400z. All amateur radio stations are
welcome.
3B8, MAURITIUS. The LNDX reports that
Jacques, F6HMJ, will be active as 3B8/F6HMJ from November 15th
through December 5th. He will be active on all bands and hopes to
be on 160 meters. He will also be active during CQWW CW Contest,
mostly on 10 meters.
4L, GEORGIA. Look for Omari, 4L5O, to be
active in next week's CQ WWDX SSB Contest as a Single
Operator/Single Band (28 MHz) entry with low power (100 watts).
8R, GUYANA. Olli, OH0XX, will operate 8R1K in
the CQWW SSB Contest as a Single Op/All Bands entry. QSL via
Suite 599, 1313 So. Military Trail, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442,
U.S.A.
9G, GHANA. Excerpts from a press release by
Roger, G3SXW, announces that the Voodoo Contest group will again
be active from West Africa in the CQWW CW Contest (November
27-28th) for the SEVENTH year. After successes as 5V7A, the group
returns to Ghana this year and will sign 9G5AA. They will enter
as a Multi/Multi category installing seven full stations and 18
antennas at a new coastal site in Central Ghana. Team members
(with personal 9G callsigns that are known) are: Jeff/9H1EL,
Roger/G3SXW/9G5SX, Don/G3XTT, Fred/G4BWP, Cris/G4FAM, Andy/G4PIQ,
Vince/K5VT/9G5VT, Mike/KC7V/9G5MF and Jim/KF7E. Just before the
contest, November 24-26th, look for activity on various bands,
including short spells on 160 and 6 meters, which is likely to be
all CW. QSL 9G5AA via GM4FDM, Tom Wylie, 3 King's Crescent,
Elderslie, Renfrewshire, PA5 9AD, Scotland. Bureau replies may be
requested by sending QSO details and your callsign by E-mail to
Tom at: twylie@net.ntl.com.
Also visit the Voodoo Contest Group Web site at: http://voodudes.com.
The OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive the complete press
release as an additional bulletin.
9K, KUWAIT. Hamad, 9K2HN, will be
participating in the CQWW SSB Contest as Single Ops/All Bands
entry. QSL is OK via the Bureau or direct to: Hamad Alnusif, P.O.
Box 29174, Safat 13152 Kuwait
AH2, GUAM. Members of the Guam Contest Club
will be active in the CQWW SSB Contest as AH2R. The club was the
Oceanic leader as a Multi-Single category in 1996 and 1997. Last
year they made an effort in the Multi-Multi category and won the
second place in the Oceania area (close behind of KH7R). This
year they are trying to build an Oceanic record in the
Muliti-Single category. The operators will be Aki/JI3ERV/NH2C,
Kaz/JG3RPL/N1BJ, Seo/JR3RVO/WX8M, Toshi/JR7OMD/WI3O, Sam/JR8VSE
and Taka/JR8PPG. They suggest to listen carefuly for them between
7075-7100 on 40 meters, and their sunrise/sunset is: 2012/0757z.
QSL via JI3ERV (Direct or JA bureau, NOT KH2 bureau).
B1, CHINA. The contest callsign B1Z of The
Beijing DX Club will once again be active during this upcoming CQ
World Wide SSB DX Contest. They will participate in the
multi-multi category. Operators include Tong/BA1AA, Cheng/BA1CO,
Alan/BA1DU, Jerry/BA1FB, Guo/BA1GYS, Chen/BA1HAM, Qin/BA1KA,
Ban/BA1MK, Chen/BA1MT, Zheng/BA1TU and Chen/BD1CU. QSL via JA4HCK
only.
BORNEO/SPRATLY DXPEDITION UPDATE. The 1999
"Hillview Gardens" Borneo DXpedition has announced the
operators and the schedule for this operation. The team is: Bob
Schenck, N2OO/9M6OO - DXpedition leader; Jani Kusmulyana,
YB0US/NM6US/9M6US - Hardware engineer; Mike Mraz, N6MZ; Tom
Harrell, N4XP; Paul Newberry, N4PN; William Beyer, N2WB; and Jim
Stahl, K8MR. All seven well seasoned operators (SSB/CW/RTTY). The
schedule is as follows:
November 7-10:
9M6AAC Hillview Gardens, Sabah, East Malaysia
November 11-17:
9M6OO Layang-Layang Island, Spratly Islands
November 18-21:
The team will be attending the SEANET Convention in
Brunei
November 21-25:
V85OO Brunei
November 24-29:
9M6AAC Hillview Gardens, Sabah, East Malaysia, with
an entry expected in the CQWW-CW by the team.
They will have a Web page set up linked from: http://www.qsl.net/n2oo.
Full updates will be posted as well as pictures from the team
during the operation, however not during the 9M6OO
"Spratly" activity as there is no internet access
available there. Contributions for this DXpedition would be most
appreciated. Contact point for this DXpedition is Bob Schenck,
N2OO, and he can be E-mailed at: n2oo@arrl.net
or via mail: Bob Schenck, N2OO, P.O. Box 345, Tuckerton, N.J.
08087-0345 U.S.A.
C6, BAHAMAS. The Cinco Nueve Contest Group
(CNCG) will be active between November 23rd and December 2nd. The
members include Lee/N7NU, Al/K7AR, Ron/WJ7R and Bob/W7RR. They
will participate in the CQWW CW Contest as C6AJX (QSL via N7NU).
Outside the contest they will sign homecall/C6A. QSL to home
calls. During the operation, or as uploads permit, logs and
photos will be posted on the CNCG Web site at: http://www.qsl.net/k7ar.
C6, BAHAMAS. Ed, WA3WSJ, will operate as
WA3WSJ/C6A from Abaco Island (NA-080) in the Bahamas from
November 23-30th. He will take his Elecraft K2 rig and operate
QRP on 80/40/20/15/10 meters. QSL via WA3WSJ with SASE, IRC
etc......
C6, BAHAMAS. The C6AGS CQWW SSB operation has
been cancelled due to a direct hit by Hurricane Floyd on Treasure
Cay.
CE0Z, JUAN FERNANDENZ ISLAND (Update). Marco,
CE6TBN, reports that the Ministry of Telecommunication has
granted them the callsign CE0Z for his DXpedition to Juan
Fernandez Island Janury 6-16th, in the year 2000. For more
details, please refer to OPDX.430. Marco also mentions that he is
still looking for a sixth operator. If interested, send him an
E-mail at: ce6tbn@qsl.net.
CT3, MADEIRA ISLANDS. Siggi, TF3CW, will be
back in CT3 during this year's CQ WW SSB/CW Contests as a Single
Op/All Bands High Power entry. He is going to use the callsign
CT3FN. QSL via HB9CRV only. He will be active before the contest
as CT3/TF3CW. QSL via LX1NO only.
EV5, BELARUS. Igor, EU1EU (President of AGB -
Activity Group of Belarus), reports that he will be active as
EV5M during October through the New Year. Activity will take
place on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, every week. QSL via
his home callsign EU1EU: Igor Getmann, POB 143, Minsk-5, 220005,
Belarus. QSLs for EU930EU, UC2ABO and the club station EW1WC
("Argonauts") can also be sent to him.
FO0, AUSTRAL ISLAND. Marcel, ON4QM, will
still be active from here as FO0DEH until October 30th.
HK, COLOMBIA (Bad News). Gerard, F2JD/HK3JBR,
is heading back to Bogota after a few weeks vacation in France.
During his stay all his equipement had been stolen.
HS0, THAILAND (CQWW Contest and More).
Bruce, AA4XR, reports to OPDX that he
will be active as HS0ZCY from November 20th through
December 7th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters CW/RTTY.
QSL via WB4FNH.
Look for RAST's HS0AC club station to
join in during the big contest next weekend. Operators
will be HS1CKC, HS0GBI, HS6NDK, E20NVH, E20REX/YL,
E21EIC, JA0QZ, JA4RWN and G3NOM. QSL Manager is G3NOM.
Look for HS72A to be active during the
CQWW SSB Contest. This is a special callsign to celebrate
his Majesty King Bumipol's (HS1A) birthday. QSL Manager
is Winit, HS1CKC. The King will be 72 years old, and the
special operation will last until December 1999.
Also, look for the special JOTA
callsign, HS0AJ, to be active. QSL Manager is HS7AHV.
IOTA NEWS...
AS-117. Takeshi, JI3DST, will be active
as JI3DST/3, from Honshu's Coastal Island (Awajishima
Hyogo) October 30th through November 1st. Activity will
be on 15 and 10 meters during the CQWW SSB Contest. QSL
via JARL Bureau or direct.
OC-177. The Indonesian Amateur Radio
Society (ORARI) is planning a DXpedition to Samut Island,
located north of Jakarta in the Thousand Islands. The
operation will start on October 28th and last until
November 1st. They are planning to participate in the
CQWW DX SSB Contest. A special DXpedition callsign was
issued with a prefix that has never been used. Look for
7A0K to be aired. The DXpedition will be on SSB and CW,
160-10m, including the WARC bands. The QSL information is
via YB0AI.
SA-058. The "Grupo DX Caracas"
is celebrating its 10th anniversary and will arrange a
DXpedition on November 12-14th to Farallon Centinela
Island in the Caribbean Sea, located in front of the
coast of Venezuela. They will try to get on all bands on
SSB and CW. Their callsign will be YW5FC. QSL via W4SO.
J3, GRENADA. Don, K2KQ, reports that he will
be active as J3A as a Multi/Multi entry in both CQWW SSB and CW
Contest. Ann, WA1S, will be the QSL manager for both contests.
KH2, GUAM. Dave, N2NL, reports that he will
be active in the CQWW SSB Contest next weekend as KH2/N2NL,
operating from Danny's, KH2JU, new hilltop QTH. It will be a
serious Single Op/All Bands effort, 160-10 meters. He is also
planning the same thing for the CQWW CW Contest. QSL via W2YC.
Dave mentions that these 2 contests will probably be his last
hurrah before he transfers back to the states early next year.
LS0, ARGENTINA. "The 59(9)
DXReport" reports that the "Radio Club Villa
Angela" will be active from the El Suazalito Region November
27-29th as LS0G. Activity will be on 40-10 meters CW, SSB, SSTV
and PSK31. A special certificate will be available for 5 IRCs
from LU4GO.
NCDXF PRESS RELEASE. At its Board of
Directors meeting on October 17, 1999, in Cupertino, CA, the
Northern California DX Foundation re-elected the following
officers and directors:
President
Len Geraldi
K6ANP
Vice President
Al Burnham
K6RIM
Secretary
Tom McShane
NW6P
Treasurer
Bruce Butler
W6OSP
Director
Lou Beaudet
K6TMB
Director
Rusty Epps
W6OAT
Director
Bob Fabry
N6EK
Director
Chuck Ternes
N6OJ
Director
Steve Thomas
N6ST
Director
Glenn Vinson
W6OTC
Dave Pugatch, KI6WF, was newly elected as a Director.
Information pertaining to the Northern California DX Foundation
is available at: http://www.ncdxf.org.
OCEANIC TRIP (EAST MALAYSIA and BRUNEI). A JA
group will visit Brunei to attend the SEANET Convention and East
Malaysia in November. The operators are: JA3AA, JA3CF, JA3IG,
JA3UB, JA3AER, JA3ART, JA3NGW, JR3WXA and JH3GAH. They will be
active on 160-6 meters CW/SSB/SSTV. Their schedules are as
follows:
November 18-21st -
In Brunei signing V85TG and V8SEA. QSL V85TG via
JH3GAH. QSL info for V8SEA will be announced on the air.
November 21-25th -
In East Malaysia signing 9M8TG. QSL 9M8TG via JH3GAH.
OH0, ALAND ISLANDS. Look for OH2MAM to be
active in the CQWW SSB Contest as OH0Z. QSL via OH1EH.
P4, ARUBA. Jacobo, P43P, will be
participating in the CQWW SSB Contest as Single Op/All Bands
(QRP?), from his QTH on the North Coast of Aruba with the
callsign P40B. A new PHOTO QSL card is now available via his new
QSL Manager, so update your QSL Manager records as follows. QSL
P40B via Mario Ambrosi, I2MQP. These new and colorful P40B QSL
cards are available for all contests, and, of course, for any
previous QSOs made with P40B.
PJ2, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. The Caribbean
Contesting Consortium (CCC) will be active from Curacao during
the CQWW SSB Contest as PJ2C. The team, consisting of Geoff/W0CG,
Dan/K8RF, Hillar/N6HR/ES1HR, Harry/W8KKF, Ron/WA8LOW, Noel/W9EFL,
Elsie/N7WDX and Mark/N4OKX will operate PJ2C as a Multi/Single
entry next weekend. Various members of the CCC team have been
active from the Caribbean in another operation which included
VP5FXB, CY9RF, VP5CW and PJ9T. XYLs Cindy Howard, Marge Flasher
and Tanya Tuell will join the team in support roles including
photograpy, scuba diving and operating co-ordination. Outside the
contest period, team members will be active from October 27th
through November 1st as PJ2/homecall with a special emphasis on
160, 75 and 6 meters CW and SSB as preparations for the contest
allow. QSL manager for PJ2C is W8KKF. Check out the PJ2C Web site
at: http://asgard.kent.edu/ccc/pj2c.
Following the operation, contesters and DXers will have the
opportunity to vote on their choice for the QSL photo by logging
on to the PJ2C web site and viewing a selection of photos from
the operation. ADDED NOTE: Contest operations by non-residents in
the Antilles are no longer receiving PJ9 prefixes. PJ contest
callsigns will now reflect the regular prefix of the appropriate
island and reciprocal temporary callsign as PJ(x)/home call.
PY, BRAZIL. Alex, PY1KS, states that he will
be active in the CQWW SSB Contest as a Single Operator Single
Band Low Power entry. He has not decided if the band will be 10
or 15 meters.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
A message from Lech, LA7MFA, states the
following: "It seams like there is a lot of
different addresses of mine out there. I guess I have
been moving around too much lately: QSL for KH8/KK6HC
goes via LA7MFA: Lech Slawomir Tomczak, Froeyas vei 61,
3472 Boedalen, Norway. All bureau QSLs will be answered.
But I need some time to make my special color QSL card. I
have been operating for 24 hours last Saturday/Sunday
from Leone on Tutuila, Am. Samoa using my American
callsign KK6HC. I was using IC751A with just 100W into a
Butternut HF9VX antenna. I made total 1200 QSOs on 40,
30, 20, 15, 12 and 10m. The condx were very poor as my
QTH was on the southern part of the island behind a huge
mountain. I enjoyed this very first own radio expedition.
Thanks to all who came to say hello. I was trying to make
any QSO from the boat on the way back from ZK3CW/T31T
expedition but it seems that LA7MFA/MM was not
interesting enough. Nobody would bother to answer my CQ
call! I will put a log search on my WEB page http://www.qsl.net/la7mfa
shortly."
Jurek, SP2BIK, reports that their
operation from the Polish Lighthouse in Krynica Morska
during the "International Lighthouses Weekend"
they operated on CW, SSB, FM and Packet Radio. They made
over 1600 QSOs on HF bands. Presently, they are still
waiting for printing of the QSL cards to be done. Once
the cards become available, they will be distributed the
same way they were received.
NEW QSL MANAGER. A new manager has been
announced for the upcoming operations: PX7G, Fort Queijo
(Nov. 12-16th); ZY7G, Fort Brum, (Nov. 19-22nd); and
PQ7G, Fort 5 Pontas (Dec. 3-6th). QSL via PS7AB to the
Bureau or direct to: Rony Reis, Caixa Postal 2021,
59094-970, Natal/RN, Brazil.
SEND NO GREEN STAMPS. UK9AA reports that
they have a problem with the postal service in their
country of Uzbekistan. He requests to "PLEASE, DON'T
send your QSL cards with Green Stamp". He states
that foreign letter are being opened, and it is better to
send IRCs instead of "Green Stamps".
RN PREFIX IS RUSSIAN. Igor, RN3ZQ,
reports that many outgoing QSL Mail from the USA for the
Russian radio amateurs (with prefixes RN) are being sent
to the UN QSL Bureau (Kazahstan). This is wrong, RN
prefixes are for RUSSIA.
SAVE YOUR GREEN STAMPS. Abdollah
Sadjadian, EP2FM, reports that the station signing EP2AS
on 30 meters on October 10th, stating to QSL via UR5SAS,
is not a licensed station. He mentions that the EP2AS
callsign was issued to Mostafa Shafii a good 40 years
ago, and he was a very skilled CW operator. He may be a
possible silent key now.
NO LONGER QSL MANGER. Jack, N2VW,
reports to OPDX that in the past he was the QSL Manager
(and licensee) for VP5O (1992), VP5N(1993), VP5R (1994)
and P40T (1995). However, he no longer acts as a QSL
manager for ANY of these callsign. Those particular logs
are closed. These contest callsigns have been re-issued
by the respective licensing authorities in recent years.
He requests and states the following: "Please remove
my call from your any of your data bases that show me as
manager. Hope it works ... The flood of bureau cards is
getting expensive. However, those I do receive are
redirected via the bureau if I can find a manager."
SPECIAL EVENT. For the 50 year anniversary of
the Aviation Civil School, the club F6KRQ will be using the
callsign TM0AC now until October 31st.
SV, GREECE. Look for SV1DKR to be active next
weekend in the CQWW SSB Contest as a Multi/Multi entry. QSL cards
are OK via bureau.
T8, BELAU REPUBLIC. Look for JA1WSX (T88WX),
JH4OWG (T88??) and JA7AYE (T88??) to be active from Belau between
October 28th through November 2nd. They will participate in the
CQWWDX SSB Contest as T88WX as a Multi/Single category. Before
and after contest they will operate on all bands with their own
callsign. QSL T88WX via JA1WSX and the others via their home
callsign.
TI, COSTA RICA. JA6WFM, JM6EBU (TI5EBU) and
JM6UAA will be activate from here between October 29th through
November 2nd. They will participate in the CQWW DX SSB Contest as
TI5EBU together with TI5KD as a Multi/Single category. Before and
after the contest they will operate TI5/homecall. QSL TI5EBU via
JM6EBU and all others via their home callsign.
UA0, ASIATIC RUSSIA. Yuri, UA0SJ, lives in
the city of Bratsk, 600 kilometers on the north side of Lake
Baikal. He plans to be active in the CQWW SSB Contest as a Single
OP/Single Band (15 meters) entry. Please send QSL via direct to:
Yuri A. Maltsev, P.O. Box 2304, Bratsk-city, 665700, Russia
(Asiatic).
UP2, KAZAKHSTAN. Valery, UN7LZ, will use the
special callsign UP4L in both CQWW DX Contest (SSB and CW) as a
Single Op/Multi-Band entry. QSL all direct cards to: Valery
Zhilyaev, P.O.Box 7, Kostanay, 458000, Rep. of Kazakhstan.
UP5, KAZAKHSTAN. Romeo, UN5PR, will be active
in the CQWW SSB Contest as UP5P as a Single Operator/All-Bands
entry. Yuri, UN6P, will take his turn and be active in CQWW CW
Contest as UP6P as a Single Operator/All-Bands entry. QSLs for
UP5P and UP6P are via UN5PR direct: Romeo Y. Loparev, P.O.Box 73,
Temirtau, 472300, Rep. of Kazakhstan. Romeo tells OPDX that their
QSL-bureau in Kazakhstan is not working.
VQ9, CHAGOS ISLANDS. A report received from
Rick, NE8Z, states that Ron, VQ9DX, has been looking for
stateside on 1828 kHz for about 4 nights a week, but with no
takers. He has had a couple of fair European openings at his
sunrise, but no stateside. Ron states, "Currently we're back
on the hook, not dockside, so I can't get to the club for sunrise
for the next couple weeks at least. But continue to be QRV at our
sunset on 1.828. Usually stick around till after W6
sunrise." QSL via AA5DX.
XU, CAMBODIA. Andy, G4ZVJ, was active for
just 24 hours on September 18th, after eventually being issued
the callsign XU7AAV in Phnom Penh. He made 850 CW QSOs. Andy will
return to Cambodia around November 20th for approximately two
weeks including the CQWW CW Contest. QSL via G4ZVJ. Also, check
out the Web page: http://www.g4zvj.demon.co.uk/xu.htm.
ZS5, SOUTH AFRICA. Edwin, ZS5BBO (NODXA
member) will be active next weekend in the CQWW SSB Contest. He
will be operating as a single operator on 10, 15 and 20 meters
using his contest callsign ZS5T. Also, he mentions that he will
be part of the International DX team consisting of K1DWQ (North
America), PT7BZ (South America), DL8PC (Europe), VU2PAI (Asia)
and himself, ZS5T (Africa). QSL cards can be sent direct via
ZS5BBO, address ok in QRZ.COM / BUCKMASTER or International Call
book. Edwin also mentions that an operator named Ron (no callsign
given) will be active as ZS5T in the CQWW CW Contest as a Single
Op.
ZX0, FERNANDO DE NORONHA. The Araucaria DX
Group in Brazil has organized a multi-national operation from
Fernando de Noronha for the CQWW SSB Contest as a Multi/Multi
entry. The team will have U.S., Bulgarian, and Brazilian
operators at the ZX0F contest station from Fernando de Noronha
Island. Operators include PY5EG, PY5CC, PP5JR, PY5GU, PY0FF,
PY5ZBU, K1CC, K1LZ, K1ZM, K2DM, N5FA, LZ1JK and LZ1JY. The group
will be using all ACOM 2000 amplifiers from ACOM. The antenna
system is as follows: 160 meters: Verticals using balloons,
phased inv-L 80 meters: Rotatable dipole, 4-square, wire beams 40
meters: 3 el yagi, 2 el yagi 20 meters: 5 over 5 15 meters: 5
over 5 10 meters: 6 over 6 Several tribanders and beverages. For
further information check out the Web site at: http://www.inepar.com.br/araucaria
-or- For live WebCam pictures from the 10m tower: http://www.noronha.com.br.
Special awards will be mailed to entrants who work ZX0F on all
six bands during the contest.
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