The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
Special DX Bulletin No. 453.1 BID: $OPDX.453.1 March 22, 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 and Tim
Totten, N8GN, for the following special DX information.
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 00:53:17 -0500 (EST)
From: "Tim Totten, N4GN" <n4gn@n4gn.com>
To: DX editors <editors@n4gn.com>
Subject: TX8CI/MM ARRIVES IN THE CHESTERFIELD ISLANDS
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In only a few short hours, the curtain will rise on yet
another memorable new DX performance. The actors have arrived at
the performance hall. The stage is being prepared for opening
night!
Everything remains on track for TX0DX to hit the stage at
0000Z, signaling the start of what should be a new DXCC entity.
Results of the IARU vote on ARANC's membership request are
expected to be released shortly before that hour.
The TX8CI/TX0DX team has chosen to operate from one of the
small islands in the southern part of the Chesterfields. Although
not quite as big as some of the other islands, landing appears to
be safer, and there is still sufficient room to allow for plenty
of separation between the CW and SSB sites. The CW site is near
the North end of the island, with the SSB site some 1000 ft to
the South. Using Yaesu FT-1000MP transceivers, the team expects
to be able to operate CW and SSB simultaneously on the same band.
The ship is anchored roughly 300 ft from the island. Because
of the numerous coral heads in the surrounding waters, equipment
can only be transported to the island during high tide. The team
has been busy all day erecting antennas and pitching the tents.
They report that the temperature has been very hot, making the
job a bit more difficult, but much of the hard work has already
been completed.
As of 0300Z, the generators had not yet been put in place, but
they are hoping to have them operational before local sundown. If
this can be done, the TX8CI "warm up act" should be
ready to hit the air, handing out IOTA OC-176 credit. Although
operations might be limited during this first night, activity
should increase after local sunrise. QSLs for TX8CI and TX8CI/MM
should be sent via OH2BN.
While they experienced some light rain earlier today, it has
now stopped. The weather forecast continues to look good, at
least for the next couple of days. The region is enjoying a
calming trend with seas less than 8 feet for 1200 miles in all
directions from the Chesterfields.
The team has announced a new operating plan for the coming CQ
WPX SSB contest weekend (25 - 26 March). Rather than the
previously announced plan to operate on 15 SSB, TX0DX will
concentrate on a special 10-meter SSB frequency of 28.745 MHz
over the weekend. Additional SSB activity will take place on 12
and 17 meters, while normal CW activity will continue on the
other bands.
The pilots would like to thank the many DXers who stood by
patiently for several minutes while Martti, OH2BH, passed along
this information from TX8CI/MM.
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Tedd Mirgliotta KB8NW
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