The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 448 BID: $OPDX.448 February 14, 2000 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, K2KW, N2IM,
WB2RAJ & The 59(9) DXReport, W3UR & The Daily DX, AA4NC,
K4MA, N4AA & QRZ DX, N6RT, W6NL, K7WX, N7CQQ, NW7O, W8EB,
K8YSE, 9G5VJ, CT1EKY, DJ5AV & DX News Letter, F6AJA & Les
Nouvelles DX, G3SXW, IK1QBT, JA1ELY, LA7MFA, PT2AW, RU4SS, T93Y
and VE7VR for the following DX information.
3W, VIETNAM. If you missed Mal, VK6LC,
operating as 3W2LC from Ho Chi Mihn City this past weekend, you
will have another chance. Look for him to be active February 19th
and 20th, mainly during his mornings and evenings near 14270 or
21270 kHz. QSL via VK6LC: Mal Johnson, 9 Abinger Rd., Lynwood, WA
6155, Australia.
4X/DL/E4 OPERATION. Charlie, N2IM, announced
this past week that he will be leaving for for Israel (4X) on
February 17th. While there, he plans to be operating on 20 meters
around 14175 and 14250 kHz, and if he takes his 10 meter radio,
look for him around 28350 kHz. His operating times will be
1700-2300z and 0400-0600z from February 18-25th. Charlie mentions
that sometime during that week, he might be operating from
Palestine, and if he has an opening in his tour, look for him as
E44DX or N2IM/E4. On February 26th and 27th, during the same time
periods, look for Charlie to be operating from Germany.
8P, BARBADOS. Will/AA4NC and Jim/K4MA will be
operating again from here as 8P9JB and 8P9JA, respectively,
between February 15-22nd. They will be active on all bands and
also plan to be in the ARRL DX CW Contest (next weekend) as a
Multi/Single entry using the callsign 8P9JA. Outside the contest
look for Will as 8P9JB on RTTY. QSL to home calls.
8P, BARBADOS. Remember to also look for
Richard, G3RWL, as 8P6DR from February 14-28th. He will be active
on 40-6 meters, but he will be on 20-10 meters mainly during his
early mornings and late evenings. The "DX News Letter"
reports that after his activity, log checking will be available
at: g3rwl@amsat.org. QSL via
G3RWL.
DX REFLECTOR POSSIBLY DOWN. Bernie, W3UR,
editor of "The Daily DX" reports that Steve, KF2TI, has
informed him that the DXR reflector, run by the "North
Jersey DX Association", will be down for a couple of days.
They are upgrading the software and hardware. Urb, W2UDC, needs
some time to make the changeover.
FG, GUADELOUPE. The "Les Nouvelles
DX" reports to look for Isabelle (YL), F5BOY, to be active
as FG/F5BOY from February 26th to March 11th. She will be active
on 10, 15, 17 and 20 meters.
FM, MARTINIQUE. The "Les Nouvelles
DX" reports that Franck/F5JOT and Daniel/F5LGQ will be
signing FM/homecall from March 18th through April 1st. QSL all
callsigns via F5JOT.
FO/C, CLIPPERTON ISLAND. Excerpts from a
press release by John Kennon, N7CQQ, indicate that the
"N7CQQ Amateur Radio Club, Inc.", sponsor of the
"Clipperton2000 DXpedition", was very happy to
introduce additional members to the "Clipperton2000"
team: Charlie Hansen, N0TT; Doug Faunt, N6TQS; and Eddie Stark,
EA3NY. They will join the other operators: Mike Goode, N9NS;
James Brooks, 9V1YC; Jim Mornar, N9TK; Mark Demeuleneere, ON4WW;
Koji Fukui, JK7TKE; Willy Ruech, HB9AHL; Doug Renwink, VE5RA; Bob
Allphin, K4UEE; and the host John Kennon, N7CQQ. Non traveling
team members include: Doug/N6RT, Jay/W2IJ, Alex/PA1AW, and
Charlie/W6KK. John reports that the team is finalized, the permit
and license is in hand. The only remaining task is to assemble
the team in San Diego, load the Shogun, and depart on their
voyage to Clipperton. QSLs will be via N7CQQ, P. O. Box 31553,
Laughlin, Nevada, USA, 89028. For additional information on the
DXpedition, go to the Web page: http://www.qsl.net/clipperton2000.
OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive the complete press release
as an additional bulletin.
HC8, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. Dave, W6NL, will
operate as HC8L in the 2000 ARRL DX CW Contest, from 0000z
February 19th to 2400z February 20th, as a Single Operator/All
Bands entry. He states that the U.S. contest exchange is 599 +
the abbreviation for your state or province. Looking for his
activity on 160-10 meters. The station he will be operating from
is located on the Isla San Cristobal in the Galapagos Islands,
which has also been operated by N5KO (HC8N) and N6KT (HC8A) in
world championships. Also, HC8N was a Multi-Op operation during
this past weekend in the RTTY contest. By the way, San Cristobal
has an IOTA SA-004 and is located in CQ Zone 10. QSL HC8L via
N2AU.
HZ, SAUDI ARABIA. "THE 59(9) DX
REPORT" reports that George, JY9QJ, will be going QRT in
March or April and will be moving here soon. His activity from
HZ-land will be on a limited basis. QSL via DL5MBY.
II1, ITALY. Operators IK1LWL, I1NVU, IK1CLP
and IK1QBT will use their contest callsign II1R during the ARRL
CW DX Contest as a Multi-Single effort. QSL II1R via I1NVU:
Claudio Di Pietro, Via G. Galilei 424/10, 18038 Sanremo IM-
Italy.
IOTA NEWS...
AS-024. Operators JF1CZQ, JF1IRW, JN1JFC
and JQ1DPP will be active from Yonaguni Island which is
included in the Yaeyama Island group. The team of JAs
will be active March 16-21th signing with their
homecall/JR6. Activities will be on 80-6 meters, SSB and
CW usng two stations. QSL via operator's home call direct
or JARL bureau. Yonaguni Island is the farthest western
island of Japan and very close to BV.
AS-063. Paul, UA4FRV, informs OPDX that
he and a team are planning activity during June and July
on 2000 from Petra Islands (AS-063) and Begicheva Islands
(AS-???) which will be a new IOTA. The team, however, is
looking for sponsors to help offset the estimated cost of
6,000 USD for their 7 or 8 days operation. If you are
interested and would like to help with funds for the
operation, please contact Valery Gusakov, RA4FKC, for
more information via E-mail at: fkc@sura.ru.
EU-040. Pedro, CT1EKY, will be active
from Berlenga Island for one week starting February 29th
and ending March 6th. His callsign will be CT1EKY/P or
possibly a special callsign. His operation will be SSB on
10/12/15/17/20/40 and maybe 80 meters. QSL direct via his
home callsign.
J7, DOMINICA. The "Les Nouvelles
DX" reports that Franck/F5JOT and Daniel/F5LGQ will be here
after their Martinique operation (see above) from March 24-26th.
They have requested J72JOT and J79LGQ callsigns. QSL all
callsigns via F5JOT.
OX2, GREENLAND (rare prefix). For several
years a group of Danish hams have had a dream of activating
Greenland on 2m, 70cm and 23cm EME. Well, they have now announced
that the dream is a reality! Besides the EME operation, 6m and
all HF-bands will also be operated around the clock on CW and
SSB. There will be 25 operators putting on this large scale
operation as OX2K during the period May 29th through June 6th.
The prefix OX2 has not been in use for many years, and Greenland
is exceptional on VHF-SHF and is still rare on 6m and HF. The
group is, of course, looking for support because this operation
will be expensive. They kindly ask the DX and EME community to
support this DXpedition. For more information about EME-skeds,
QSL-info, equipment, planning details and other details, visit
the Web page: http://www.qsl.net/ox2k.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST DX CONVENTION DX2000 will
be held July 28-30th. The BC DX Club and the Fraser Valley DX
Club invite you to attend DX2000 in beautiful Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada. The Convention will be at the new Hilton
Vancouver Metrotown Hotel. Check DX2000's Web site for more
information and downloading of registration form at: http://www.bcdxc.org.
OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive the complete press as an
additional bulletin.
PJ8, ST. MAARTEN. Ron/ND5S, his wife
Sue/KF5LG, Bill/W8EB and his wife Dorothy/W8DVC will be on their
annual trip again to Dutch St. Maarten from February 19th through
March 12th. This will make the 6th year that the gang will be
operating from St. Maarten. Look for them as PJ8/homecall. They
will be operating CW, SSB and RTTY. There is a daily schedule on
14200 kHz at 2030Z with the Michigan bunch, so if you need a
contact drop in on the sked and make the arrangements. The
equipment that they plan to use is an Icom 706, Yaesu FT-900CAT,
FL-2100Z amplifier, KAM and AEA TNCs, and two (2) Cushcraft
R-7000 verticals mounted on top of the 10 story building for the
40 through 10 meter operations plus a uniquely designed 127 foot
sloper for the 160 and 80 meters activities. Also, they plan to
enter the ARRL DX Phone Contest as PJ8A with W9NIP as the QSL
Manager for the Contest operation. For all other contacts, please
QSL via their home call sign.
PR2, BRAZIL. Paulo, PT2AW, has asked OPDX to
remind NA stations to turn their beams south and listen for South
American stations who will be active in next week's ARRL CW
Contest. Also, look for Paulo to be active as PR2W as an All
Band/Low Power category. QSL can be sent by the bureau, via PT2AW
or via PO Box 7001 - ZC 71619-970 - Brasilia (DF) - Brazil.
PY2, BRAZIL. Gerard, F2JD (ex-HK3JBR,
HP1XBI...) has now received the callsign PY2ZDX. He will still be
there for 2 or more months.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
"The XZ0A QSL card goes to the
printer next week and distribution should begin by the
second week in March", states Warren, K7WX. For
those who are interested, in several days the XZ0A web
site will also have pictures of the low band antennas
used during this operation. This area should be ready for
viewing by Monday morning, February 14th. The Web page is
at: http://getnet.com/~k7wx/myanmar.htm.
Roger/G3SXW and Nigel/G3TXF have
returned from their visit to FH and S79. A total of
26,200 CW QSOs were made including 21,740 from FH and
4,460 from S79 between January 21st and February 3rd.
Using two TS570Ds, two R7000 verticals and HF2V vertical,
their band/QSOs count were: 160/4, 80/468, 40/3900,
30/4555, 20/2646, 17/3292, 15/2287, 12/5253 and 10/3796
(for a total of 26,201). All WARC band contacts were made
by FH/G3TXF and S79TXF; and all non-WARC QSOs by FH/G3SXW
and S79SXW. QSL to home calls:
FH/G3TXF and S79TXF - Nigel Cawthorne, G3TXF,
Falcons, St. George's Avenue, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13
0BS, England
FH/G3SXW and S79SXW - Roger Western, G3SXW, 7 Field
Close, Chessington, Surrey, KT9 2QD, England
Bureau cards are welcomed, via RSGB. Requests
(including your callsign and QSO details) for bureau
reply may be sent by E-mail to:
VR2 QSLS. The members of Hong Kong
Amateur Radio DX Association has asked that, contrary to
the latest callbook information, "DXers PLEASE
refrain from adding "China" or "People's
Republic of China" to their envelopes for direct
mailing to Hong Kong. They state that adding a reference
to China routes the mail through Shanghai reaching Hong
Kong with a 1 month delay or never at all. The mailing
address should strictly say Hong Kong which will direct
the mail on flights directly to Hong Kong.
QSL Vit, EZ8CW, via his new address:
Vitaly Dotsenko, P.O.BOX 73, Ashgabat, 744020,
TURKMENISTAN.
Jean Michel, F6AJA, reports that he has
received the HR5/F2JD QSL from the printer. The direct
request will be mailed soon.
Bernie, W3UR, reports that all direct
A61AJ requests that have been received as of February
4th, have been answered and put into the mail effective
February 11th (some were sent earlier). Bureau cards will
be done some time this summer.
Boris, T93Y, QSL Manager for T92000, has
informed the DX Community that this operation has
finished on January 31st. Edin/T97M and Seki/T94MZ worked
a total of 7993 QSOs which can be searched online at
Boris's WEB page at: http://www.qsl.net/t93y. Boris states
that an order for a full color QSL card has been placed,
and cards will be printed in Germany. He hopes to have
them in Sarajevo at the latest by mid March where he will
start answering the direct cards on FIFO
(First-in-first-out) basis. A list of cards that were
received direct are available on the above link, and he
will update the list at least once per week. It is not
necessary to send new requests for the QSO(s) made after
the first card has been sent because all QSOs will be
confirmed on the single label. Also, note that a more
secure address is available for direct requests at: Boris
Knezovic, P.O. Box 59, Sarajevo BA-71000, Bosnia and
Herzegovina. This address can be used as well as Boris's
home address listed in the 1997-1999 CallBook which is
also correct.
S2, BANGLADESH. By the time you read this,
Andy, G4ZVJ, will be in Dhaka (as Febraury 12th) and plans to be
active until February 21st (currently callsign unknown). As this
bulletin was being prepared there were no signs of Andy on the
bands. His activity is expected to be on CW. QSL via G4ZVJ. LAST
MINUTE UPDATE: Just before going to print, Andy was spotted as
S21VJ on 10 meters CW (around 28027 at 1300z).
VP5, TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS. Just a
reminder to look for Kenny, K2KW, to be active as VP5/K2KW from
North Caicio Island (NA-002) from February 15-22nd. Activity will
be on all bands CW/SSB and an entry in the ARRL CW DX Contest as
VP5TT. QSL both callsigns via WA4WTG.
VP6BR, PITCAIRN ISLAND (Update). Lech,
LA7MFA, informs OPDX that Martin/ZL1ANJ and Olavi/OH5BR have been
trying very hard to send Jukka/VP6BR a new linear amplifier.
Unfortunately, they did not have enough time to find a suitable
amplifier as the ship left for Pitcairn on Friday, February 12th.
Martin has even bought an old SB1000, but it showed to be
"out of order". Hopefully, they will manage to find
another amplifier before the next ship leaves for Pitcairn in a
few weeks. If you live in Auckland, New Zealand, or close to it,
and are willing to support Jukka by lending him an old linear
amplifier for his DXpedition, please contact Martin, ZL1ANJ at: jmellis@ihug.co.nz. Olavi,
OH5BR, is coordinating the donations for this linear project and
you can reach him by E-mail at: oh5br@sral.fi.
He will send instructions for payments after the next ship is
found, and they are certain that the amplifier will reach Jukka
in reasonable time. Without an amplifier, contacts on 160 meters
will be very hard, as well as the other bands. Meanwhile, Jukka
has been very active on 30/20/17/10 meters. For updates and
additional information, visit the Web page: http://www.qsl.net/oh2br/news.html.
ZK2, NIUE. Bill/W7TVF and Al/K7CA are very
active from here on 160 meters. The two operators began their
operation on February 7th at/around 0630z as ZK2/K7CA and
ZK2/W7TVF. However, on February 8th they were issued the
callsigns ZK2CA (Al) and ZK2VF (Bill). Since then, the two
operators have been very busy. With their activity mainly on 160
meters, they have also been heard on 40/17/10 meters CW. Also,
keep an eye on 6 meters (50115 kHz). QSL ZK2CA and ZK2/K7CA via
NW7O: Jim Frye, 4120 Oakhill Ave, Las Vegas, Nevada 89121-6319.
QSL ZK2/W7TVF and ZK2VF to Bill, W7TVF, via Call Book Address.
The ZK2CA and ZK2VF Web site is available for up-to-date
information at: http://coyote.accessnv.com/ad7k/w7tvf.
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