The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 464 BID: $OPDX.464 June 5, 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, AI2Q,
WA2MIH, WB2YQH/WB2RAJ & THE 59(9) DX REPORT, NG3K, W3UR &
The Daily DX, N4AA & QRZ DX, KB4KA, KM6HB, K8YSE, W8KKF,
W9DX, 9M2TO, DJ5AV & DX News Letter, DL8AAM, EA3BDE, F6AJA
& Les Nouvelles DX, F6IRA, G3SQX, G0WFH, JG7LQU,
OH1KAG/OH9MM, S57IIO, TA3J, UA3AA, and VK4FW for the following DX
information.
3A/EA/I/TA/SV MEDITERRANEAN SEA CRUISEXPEDITION.
Bob, WA2MIH, reports to OPDX that he will be mobile on a FM
handheld starting in Istanbul, Turkey, and ending in Barcelona,
Spain, while on a "SHIP" from July 12 -22th. Watch out
for Bob both on land and at sea during the day and late evening
hours on 2m and 440.
3D, FIJI. "The Daily DX" reports
that Ron, ZL1AMO, is once again on the move to Fiji and using the
callsign 3D2RW. He should be active by the time you read this. He
plans to operate for a few weeks and may activate a few IOTAs
while there. Ron usually likes to be active on CW, especially on
the WARC bands. QSL via his home callsign.
3DA, SWAZILAND. Frosty, K5LBU, and his
daughter (stateside callsign not mentioned) will be going here on
July 5th or 6th. They will be active as 3DA0CF and 3DA0EW,
respectively. There will be two rigs set up, one a Icom 746 the
other a Icom 706, along with the Alpha 76PA amp. They will have
beams for 20/15/10 meters which are already up and working now.
They also have a 6 meter beam ready to go up July 1st along with
some satellite antennas. For 160/80/40 meters there is a Alpha
Delta twin sloper up, but it seems to have a high SWR (Frosty
plans to work on that when they get there). Activity will be on
SSB. Their operations will only be for two nights and three days
(in between touring). They will stay at Piggs Peak at the
Highlands Inn Hotel. Also, look for them to be operating mobile
from ZS-land.
4O8, KOSOVO (Yugoslavia). After 2 years of
being QRT, Andy, RW3AH, is now active on the air again as
4O8/9X0A from Pristina, Kosovo. At the present time Andy seems to
be the only active operator from Kosovo. He will stay in this
area until next year. There are a few HAMs staying in Kosovo, but
they are currently not active (ex-9U5CW, 9U5DX, ON6TT, GW0HHT,
and possibly some other radio amateurs). Andy is using a YAESU
"FT-1000MP" radio and just a V-dipole monoband antenna
for 20 meters which is up about 5 meters above the ground. He is
usually active on the air from 0300-0500z/1600-2300z around 14195
kHz (SSB) and 14007 kHz (CW). QSL via Andy's home callsign RW3AH:
P.O.Box-899, Moscow 127018, Russia (QSLs will be verified by
Toivo/RA3AR). QSL cards will be printed by UA3AA (http://www.qsl.ru),
and there will be a few types, including a special full color 4
sides QSL. They are currently looking for any donations (R7, R8
or AV-640 antennas) from any individual/association for the
4O8/9X0A operation. Please send information to expedition
co-ordinator - UA3AA by E-mail at: ua3aa@qsl.ru.
4W, EAST TIMOR. Antonio, 4W6GH, continues to
be the most active station here. Most of his activity is on
20/17/15 meters SSB and RTTY. He spends a great deal of time on
the air between 1300 and 1630z. There have been reports on the
PacketClusters where there are "NO TAKERS or NOT MANY
CALLING HIM". QSL CT1EGH.
6M BEACON. The MARTS (Malaysia Amature Radio
Transmmiting Society) has done some improvement of their PENANG
6M Beacon. Beacon's frequency is 50.005 MHz running 10 watts out
into a 5/8 GP. Beacon is running 24 hours with NO BREAK
(continuously) sending the message "9M2TO/B QTH PENANG
OJO5dj". The members of MARTS are waiting for any QSN
reports and are checking the DX-SUMMIT. The following are active
9M2 stations on 6 meters: 9M2NK, 9M2KT, 9M2KE, 9M2XA, 9M2TO,
9M2JKL, and 9M2/JI1ETU.
BY, CHINA. Fred, WF6Z, will be here now
through August 15th as a member of the American K2 North Ridge
Expedition climbing team. He will also operate from the K2 camp
base in the Xingiang Province as BT0QGL. Look for activity on
40/20/15/10 meters. QSL via K6EXO.
CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE 2000 RSGB IOTA CONTEST.
Bill, NG3K, reports that the "RSGB IOTA Test Announced
Operations" Web page is available again this year. It covers
operations announced for the July 29-30, 2000 contest, as well as
related operations outside the contest. The listing can be found
at: http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/iota2000.html. It
will be updated regularly. If you would like to have your contest
operation added to the list, just send the full particulars
(Callsign to be used; DXCC Entity; IOTA number; QSL Info;
Operators call signs; Other information of interest) to Bill's
E-mail address at: wfeidt@cpcug.org.
ES8, ESTONIA. Look for the special callsign
ES8SC to be activated June 1st through August 31st for the
"Summer Capital Award". No other details were given.
GH, JERSEY. Chris, G0WFH, will be here August
12-22nd using the rare "International Short Wave
League" (ISWL) club callsign GH4BJC/P. This will be a QRP
trip on SSB only using a Elecraft K2 rig running on batteries on
the north side of the island called Devils Hole. Suggested
frequencies are: 3685 (at 1500z, ISWL net Sat/Sun), 14280, 18130,
21280, 24930 and 28450 kHz. Check out his Web page for more
details at: http://www.qsl.net/g0wfh/g0wfh.
LZ, BULGARIA. Berkin, TA3J, and his XYL Nilay
Mine, TA3YJ, (operators of the YM3LZ Contest team) will be active
June 6-13th as LZ/TA3J and LZ/TA3YJ. Activity will be SSB only
160/80/40/20/15/10/2 meters and 70 cm. QSL via home calls, TA
bureau or direct to:
NL7, WRANGELL ISLAND, ALASKA. Look for Don,
NL7QT, to be active as a QRP station during the month of July
(actually June 26th-August 1st). This will be his last trip for
this year. He usually goes here several times a year mainly for
major contests, IOTA and a QRP operation. Wrangell is IOTA NA-041
in the Alexander Archipelago. Don will spend most of his time on
40 meters. He states, "I will at 0905 p.m. Alaska time
(0505Z) call CQ on 7.140. As this is becoming a popular
frequency, if it is busy I will try 7.145 until 7.140 is clear. I
keep a receiver, FRG-100, on 7.140 at all hours." Don states
to QSL via the bureau.
OH0, ALAND ISLANDS. Kari/OH1HD/OH3RB,
Juha/OH1KAG/OH9MM and Marko/OH1MYA will be active as OH0RB, June
9-11th. Activity will be on CW/SSB/RTTY with operations on 160-10
meters (mostly on RTTY and WARC). QSL via OH3RB.
PROJECT MILLECOM continues through the end of
the year (December 31, 2000) and special "Air Cadet"
stations M2000Y/... (e.g. M2000Y/MRA12, M2000Y/MRA17,
M2000Y/MRA35, M2000Y/MRA39, etc) are only active on 80/40 and 20
meters. This special project is to promote youths to communicate
with one another around the world on amateur radio. For details
on how to become involved with the project, check the Web pages
below: http://www.millecom.fsnet.co.uk/index.htm, http://www.rsgb.org/millecom/index.htm.
ADDED NOTE: OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive a complete
list of stations involved in the "PROJECT MILLECOM",
provided by Tom/DL8AAM, as an additional bulletin.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
According to "QRZ DX", ALL
direct A52A QSL requests have been answered as of May
31st (some 11,000 QSL). WOW! What a great turn around (2
1/2 weeks after going QRT).
QSL info of S500S. This callsign was
used by the "Radioclub of Nova Gorica" from May
27th through June 5th, also an entry in the CQ WPX
Contest as a SOSB entry on 15m. QSLs go to S59L.
FO0HWU QSLS. Denise, F6HWU, has received
her QSLs from the printer. She will begin to process the
1000 card already received from her recent OC-152
operation. She must try to send all direct QSLs before
her next trip to Bhutan (A5). Please be patient. Any
question and QSO requests can be sent via Gilles/F6IRA
E-mail address (because Denise doesn't have InterNet
access) at: f6ira@enfrance.com.
If you would like to find your callsign
in the PY0F/PY2ZDX logs, please send an E-mail message
to: log.f6kpo@eudil.fr.
Put your callsign on the "Subject:" line and
PY2ZDX-0F in the body of message.
Jean Michel, F6AJA, is not the QSL
manager for the recent FK8KAB/P (April 2000) operation.
QSL via ARANC, P.O. Box 3956, 98846 Noumea Cedex, New
Caledonia. The logs Jean does have are for the operation
from Chesterfield (IOTA OC-176) from October 4th to 8th
in 1993. He will forward the cards that he does receive.
Nikolay, UX0FF, reports that he
mistakenly gave OPDX the wrong P.O. Box for the special
event station EO55FI. The correct P.O. Box is 60 - not
62! So the QSL info is via UX3FW, YURIJ KUCHERENKO,
P.O.Box 60 , IZMAIL ,68600, UKRAINE.
QUEEN AMAZONA 2000 DXPEDITION (More!). As we
mentioned in last week's bulletin, a Colombian (and U.S.) team of
operators (Jim/HK3AVR, Phil/HK3SA, Harry/HK3ZOR, Paul/KJ5CB,
Lynn/K5LYN, Ellen/KA4PPD) will activate 5K9AQ in celebrating the
"Queen Amazona 2000 DXpedition", a very long trip along
the Amazona River. We were informed this week that the 5K9AQ
station will be active all year long, and they plan to
participate in the "Colombian Independence Day" contest
in July. QSL via HK3PXA: Roberto Rey, P.O. Box 101939, Bogota,
COLOMBIA. A picture of the QSL card will be posted on Buckmaster
and QRZ very soon. For further information, check the Web page
at: http://www.amazonqueen2000.com.
SPECIAL EVENT. Look for the special event
"World Geothermal Congress 2000 - WGC 2000", to be
active as 8J7WGC and 8J7WGC/7 now through June 10th. Activity
will be on 160/80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10/6 meters SSB/CW. The
station will be operated by Morioaka Club (JA7YCE) members and
other JA OPs. QSL via the JARL Bureau (BUREAU is the BEST),
however, don't send your QSL to the JARL, cards will be sent
automatically.
SPECIAL EVENT. During the month of June, look
for the special callsign ED3PMT to be active in remembrance of
the inauguration of the raising of th bridge at Port of
Tarragona, Spain. QAL via bureau.
TF, ICELAND. Ed, G3SQX, will be operating as
TF/G3SQX (EU-021) from July 28th and August 6th, including the
IOTA contest (24 hour CW section). His activity will be CW only
on as many HF bands as possible. Ed will use 100w and a variety
of antennas and hopes to give everyone who needs it as a
multiplier. QSL via G3SQX. Check Ed's Web site at: http://www.G3SQX.net.
VK, AUSTRALIA. According to "The 59(9)
DX Report" the Australian Communications Authority will
re-allocate 3776-3800 KHz to VK amateurs as of January 1, 2004.
VK9C, COCOS KEELING ISLANDS. It has been
announced that Wal/VK6KZ and Don/VK6HK will go here between
October 21st and November 4th. Their callsigns will be VK9CK
(VK6HK) and VK9CZ (VK6KZ). Two stations will be operational but
their main concentration will be on 50 MHz SSB and CW (conditions
permitting). The frequency 28885 kHz will be available for
liaison. HF operation on 7-28 MHz will be explored if 50 MHz
conditions allow. There will be a further reminder closer to
departure....
XW, LAOS. Hiroo, JA2EZD, will be going QRT as
XW2A on June 6th. However, he plans to move on to Cambodia (XU)
and Vietnam (3W). No specific dates were given.
ZA, ALBANIA. Marty, N5NW, will be operating
as ZA/N5NW from Tirana from June 10-17th. Activity will be
primarily SSB on 15/20 meters and possibly 2 meters for Europe.
Operations will be limited in time, but there may be additional
operations on another trip later in the year. Marty states to
look for him mostly mornings and evenings local time. He will
operate around an hour or two a day, if lucky. He does state,
"Radio isn't the primary focus of the trip. In fact, it's
third or fourth on the 'goal list'. Would especially appreciate
folks listening for me Saturday, June 10th about 0800 or 0900 UTC
around 14.225, cause that's when the antennas go up." QSL
via KB4KA (from the Hickory Withe DX Club) w/SASE or SAE and IRC
or green stamp. All others will be answered via the bureau.
ZK1, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Mark, KM6HB, will be
here July 10-17th. He will be operating on 40-10 meters with an
emphasis on RTTY. His callsign will be announced upon his
arrival. QSL via his home call KM6HB.
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