The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 512 BID: $OPDX.512 May 21, 2001 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, AB5K &
the AR TelNet Clusters Network, K2KW, AJ3M, K3EST, W3UR & The
Daily DX, K4VUD, N4AA & QRZ DX, N5VT, WW5L, K7BV, K8YSE,
KU9C, 9A6AA, DF6JC, DJ2MX, DL1GGT, DL1EK & DX News Letter,
DL2VFR, DL5XAT, F5UJK, GW0ANA, HA0HW, IN3ZNR, JI3ERV, PA0RDY,
PA3GIO, PY3DX, RN3OA, SQ9FMU, VE3EXY, VU2NTA and ZK1CG for the
following DX information.
EDITOR'S NOTES: I know, just call me cazy! I
returned from the Dayton HamVention about 4:45 PM (Sunday, local
time) and decided to finish OPDX.512. "Just call me
dedicated to my readers". BTW, I had a great time!
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 13/May, through
Sunday, 20/May there were 229 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B6, 3B8, 3B9, 3C, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I,
4W, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R,
9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5,
A6, A9, AP, BV, BY, C6, C9, CE, CE0A, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3,
CU, CX, D2, D4, D6, DL, DU, E3, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL,
EP, ER, ES, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FW,
FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HH, HI,
HK, HK0/a, HL, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J5, J6, J7, J8, JA, JD/m,
JD/o, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY,
LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2,
PJ7, PY, PZ, R1FJ, S2, S5, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T30, T7, T8,
T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN,
UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8,
VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, XX9, YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS,
YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZF, ZK1/s, ZK2, ZK3, ZL,
ZL7, ZP, ZS. There were 40 CQ Zones available during the past
week. There were 54 ITU Zones available during the past week. ITU
Zones that were not active are: 4, 15, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26,
31, 34, 35, 43, 58, 59, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 90.
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain
"Pirate/SLIM" operations. As always, you never know -
"Work First Worry Later" (WFWL). OPDX InterNet
Subscribers will receive an additional bulletin (due to its size)
with a complete breakdown and "DXCC/Entities Chart of
Activity".
4W, EAST TIMOR. Thor, 4W6MM, is active again.
Check 20 meters around 14002 kHz after 1200z.
6Y, JAMAICA (Change/Update). The DXpedition
team activating 6Y1A in the CQ WPX CW Contest has a last minute
change of operators. The group now consists of: KE7X, N6XG, K6ST,
and K2KW. Activity will be from May 20-29th, on 80-6 meters with
an emphasis on 6 meters and the WARC bands outside the contest.
QSL 6Y1A and K2KW via WA4WTG, others via CBA.
CONTESTERS/DXERS HONORED. Bob, K3EST, from
the CQ Hall of Fame, reported last week that the CQ Contest Hall
of Fame Committee is pleased to announce the two inducees for
2001 will be Sig/N3RS and Algis/LY2NK. Both new members were
officially inducted into the Contest Hall of Fame at the contest
dinner on Saturday, May 19th, in Dayton. The DX Hall of Fame is
also proud to announce the two inductees into the DX Hall of Fame
for 2001 were Bob/K4UEE and Bob/W4DR. Both were officially
inducted into the DX Hall of Fame by Steve, N8BJQ, during the DX
dinner May 18th, also in Dayton. You can read their biographies
in the June CQ and May/June CQ Contest.
EXTREME DXING (Bert will be one busy guy!).
Bert, PA3GIO, has updated his plans for his DXpeditions in 2001.
Here is his planned schedule:
Bert, PA3GIO, will be signing 5R8GY in Madagascar on Ile
Sainte-Marie (Nosy Boraha), IOTA AF-090 (Rare), from May
30th or 31st through June 9th. He will be active on SSB
only on 80/40/20/17/15/12/10 meters with 100w using a
doublet with open feeder line. QSL (preferable by the
Bureau) to PA3GIO. Website: http://www.pa3gio.nl/5R/.
Bert will be signing FH/PA3GIO/p on Grande Terre, Mayotte
Island (AF-027) from June 11-18th. He will be active on
SSB only on 80/40/20/17/15/12/10 meters with 100w using a
doublet with open feeder line. QSL (preferable by the
Bureau) to PA3GIO. Website: http://www.pa3gio.nl/FH/.
Bert will be signing FR/PA3GIO/p on Reunion Island
(AF-016), June 19-22nd (with LIMITED ACTIVITY). He will
be active on SSB only on 80/40/20/17/15/12/10 meters with
100w using a doublet with open feeder line. QSL
(preferable by the Bureau) to PA3GIO. Website: http://www.pa3gio.nl/FR/.
Bert, PA3GIO, will be active as VK9XV on Christmas Island
(OC-002), from September 6-13th. He will be active on SSB
only on 80/40/20/17/15/12/10 meters with 100w using a
doublet with open feeder line. QSL (preferable by the
Bureau) to PA3GIO. Website: http://www.pa3gio.nl/VK9XV/.
Bert, PA3GIO, will be active as VK9CQ Cocos-Keeling
Island (OC-003) September 14-20th. He will be active on
SSB only on 80/40/20/17/15/12/10m with 100w using doublet
with open feeder line. QSL (preferable by the Bureau) to
PA3GIO. Website: http://www.pa3gio.nl/VK9CQ/.
Bert, PA3GIO, will be signing VK6GIO from Australia,
September 22nd through October 8th (On route and VERY
LIMITED ACTIVITY). He mentions that perhaps he may have a
short visit to Kangaroo Island (OC-139) as VK6GIO/5.
Bert, PA3GIO, will be signing VK9LO on Lord Howe Island
(OC-004) from October 9-15th. He will be active on SSB
only on 80/40/20/17/15/12/10 meters with 100w using a
doublet with open feeder line. QSL (preferable by the
Bureau) to PA3GIO. Website: http://www.pa3gio.nl/VK9LO/.
FG, GUADELOUPE. The Russian Contest Club is
glad to announce that Jack/RW3QC and Igor/RN3OA will be active
from here May 21-28th, as FG5BG (CQ WPX CW Conetst) and FG/KC8QKF
(before and after contest). It will be their second RCC
Contest\DXpedition. RW3QC will participate in the CQ WPX CW
Contest as a Single Operator/Multi Bands/HP entry. RN3OA will
operate out of the contest on 160-80 meters, including the WARC
bands, RTTY and PSK-31. QSL via RN3OA, by the bureau or direct
to: Igor Zakharov, P.O.Box 381, Voronezh, 394000, Russia. (They
would like to thank Georges/FG5BG for his help.
HAM-COM 2001. The Lone Star DX Association
will be sponsoring the DX program at this event in Arlington,
Texas. Some of the guest speakers will be Wayne/N7NG (ARRL),
Wes/W3WL (D68C) and John/ON4UN (Topband DXing), The featured
speaker will be Martti Laine, OH2BH. The LSDXA will also have a
Hospitality Suite available June 8th (7-11PM) at the Wyndham
Hotel. For more details, check the Web page: http://www.dxer.org/lsdxa.
Also, check the Web page: http://hamcom.org.
HB0, LIECHTENSTEIN. A group from Germany will
be active for four days from the Principality of Liechtenstein
starting Friday, June 1st, ending on Monday, June 4th. They will
participate in IARU Region 1 Field Day. In addition, they will be
active on 6 meters and on 10 GHz looking for ES and Rainscatter
openings. The operators will be DF5UL, DL1GGT, DL5EBT and DL6SAQ
and their callsigns will be HB0/homecall. QSL via their homecall.
HB0, LIECHTENSTEIN. Rob, PA0RDY, will be
active as HB0/PA0RDY from May 25-29th, especially for the CQ WPX
Contest. He will be running 100 watts into a vertical on 10/15/20
meters, plus a dipole on 40 meters. There will be some activity
on RTTY and SSB before and after the CW contest. QSL via
homecall.
HS0, THAILAND. Charly, K4VUD, is back here
again for a few days as HS0ZCW (ed. may be waiting for his XW
license -- See XW below). He has announced that he will be active
on 40 meters CW (maybe some SSB). Check around 7015 to 7020 kHz
between: 2300-2400z, 0900-1000z and 1100-1200z. (ADDED NOTE TO
CHARLY: The group from NODXA missed you at their Dayton
HamVention hospitality suite this year. Hope you can make it next
year.)
IOTA CONTEST 2001. Ric, DL2VFR, informs OPDX
that once again you can find this year's summary of activities
for the IOTA CONTEST 2001 on the Web page: http://www.iota-post.com.
Last year he had 123 announcements - which was very useful for
DXers/Contests looking for a new one in the contest, and a good
source for contesters having a look to see if the island they
want to go to was already occupied. The list is growing daily.
IOTA NEWS...
EU-048. Members of Clipperton DX Club,
Fabrice/F5NBQ (CDXC1050), Pierre/F5RRW (CDXC942 and UFT
978), Eric/F5LOW and Christian/F1SDQ will activate the
Island of Houat in Morbihan, May 31st through June 4th.
They will use the callsign TM1H and will be operational
from 160-10 meters (including WARC) on SSB and CW on the
usual IOTA frequencies. They will use two IC-706MKII and
TS-50 (100 watts), a vertical line antenna on 40 meters,
a G5RV for the WARC bands, a sloper for the low bands and
Yagi TH3MK3 for 10/15/20 meters. QSL via F6ANA (operator
of A52FH) to the bureau or direct to Alain Mesnier, Les
Grands Bois, Chemin De La Bussiere, 16440 Mouthiers,
France.
EU-110. Operators DF9MV, DL1GEO, DL9CHR
and DE0MST will be active from the lighthouse on Porer
Island (Rock, south of Pula) on August 12-17th. Other
reference numbers are: CI-090 and WLHA 0240. QSL via
bureau (DARC) to DE0MST. Direct-address is: Fredy
Stippschild, P.O.Box 1406, D-83657, Germany.
EU-128. Kurt/DF4XX and Holger/DL5XAT
will be active from Fehmarn Island for the WPX Contest
weekend. They will participate as a Multi-Operator/Mixed
Mode entry. The callsign will be DF4XX/p. All incoming
QSLs will be answered through the bureau or direct.
EU-177. Thomas/SM5NGK, Stefan/SM5WAF and
Jorg/DF6JC, will be operating from Harstena Island
between May 24-27th, signing 8S5T. QSL via DF6JC.
SA-026. Paul, PY3DX, informs OPDX that
he is going to take part in the upcoming CQ WPX CW
Contest as PU3A (special contest callsign), portable on
Santa Catarina Island in southern Brazil. Some other DX
friends from his area (PY3KK/Koetz, PY3FOX/Xris and
PY3YY/Andy) will also be going with him, but as they are
not contest enthusiasts, their goal is to activate this
island on the WARC bands, mainly on SSB mode. Paul adds,
"Thus, while I'm suffering under big CW pile-ups
performing my contest, they plan to drink a coconut
water, watch the girls hanging around and make some DX
from the island, hi hi hi. I think as time goes by I'm
becoming less smart than I use to be, hi hi hi." QSL
cards for PU3A will be OK either through the bureau or
direct via Paul's home call, which is OK on the www.QRZ.com
or Buckmaster at www.buck.com.
J49, CRETE. Laci/HA0HW, Tamas/HA4DX and
Bandi/HA5NG will be here between May 25th and June 7th. They will
use the special callsigns J49HW (HA0HW), J49DX (HA4DX) and J49NG
(HA5NG). They will take part in the CQ WPX Contest (just for
fun). It was also mentioned that they will try to go to one of
the islands of the newly created "Crete Coastal Islands
Group" (EU-187), June 2-3rd. QSL via home calls.
KH2, GUAM. Operators Ban/JF2WXS,
Yoshi/JE2EHP, Michy/JH2CYU, Aki/JH2QFY, Yasu/JJ2CYO and JS2ITP
will be active June 9-12th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters
SSB/CW. QSL N3WW/KH2 via JF2WXS, K1HP/KH2 via JE2EHP, KH2/JH2CYU
via CBA, KH2/JH2QFY via CBA, KH2/JJ2CYO via CBA and KH2/JS2ITP
via CBA.
KH2/AH2, GUAM. Aki, JI3ERV/NH2C, Chairman of
Guam Contest Club, informs OPDX that after being absent in the CQ
WPX SSB Conetst, the Guam Contest Club (GCC) has decided to be on
the air during CQ WPX CW Contest at the end of this month. This
time they plan to set a target as the Oceanic leader in a
Multi-Single category and World Top 5. Also, they are trying to
build an Oceanic record in Muliti-Single category. Look for
operators JG3RPL/N1BJ, JI3ERV/NH2C, JR7OMD/WI3O and JR8VSE/NH2N
to sign AH2R in the contest from Guam Island (Zone 27,IOTA
OC-26). Their Sunrise/Sunset is 1953/0843z. QSL via JH7QXJ
(Direct or JA bureau, NOT KH2 bureau).
NEW LIGHTHOUSE AWARD. The "German
Lighthouse Award" is out now and has been approved as an
official DARC Club Award. You can find it detailed on the Web
page: http://www.lighthouse-award.de
(Deutsches Leuchtturm Diplom). Rules are available in German,
English and Danish (TNX OZ2ZB). The award consists of 57
landbased LHs in Germany at the moment.
PY0F, FERNANDO DE NORONHA (Correction).
Dennis, K7BV, reports that he is very sorry for making a mistake
in listing the Web site for his PY0F DXpedition. Last week's
announcement read http://www.qth.com/py0f. It should have been http://www.qth.com/k7bv/py0f.
Please accept Dennis' apologies. Remember, he will begin his
operation on May 24th. Look for him as an All-Band/Single Op
effort in the CQ WPX CW Contest He will operate through June 1st
on all bands 160-6 meters, primarily on CW. A special callsign
PV0F will be used throughout the operation. QSL via KU9C.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
Mario, DJ2MX (aka T94DX, N0MX), QSL
Manager for 9A/OE1EMS (Krk Island, IOTA EU-136, IOCA
CI-046), reports that he has the logs and QSL cards. QSL
will be OK via DARC bureau or direct to him. He is also
QSL Manager for his last activity from Bosnia as T94DX in
the 2001 ARI Contest. Please Note: If you send your QSL
direct, please enclose 2 USD or 1 IRC (outside Europe)
for air-mail return postage. Europe is 1 USD or 1 IRC.
Ric, DL2VFR, reports that QSL cards for
his and DL2SWW latest DXpedition to EU-037 (SM7) and
EU-002 (OH0) will be sponsored by the magazine
"Funkamateur". QSLs should be printed within
the next 8 weeks. They plan to answer the direct requests
first. Logs are available at: http://www.iota-expedition.com.
OPDX received a request to find out,
"What is the QSL status of FT5WH?" Can anyone
help?
Steve Wheatley, KU9C, reported on the
evening of May 13th, that about 70% of the direct QSL
card requests for the February PW0S operation, roughly
2000 cards, are in the hands of the U.S. Postal Service.
QSL Manager Glyn, GW0ANA, reports that
the final updated logs for ZD7K and ZD8K are on the Web
site: http://www.dxpedition.co.uk. He also
states that they have sorted out the photographs that
they are going to use for the QSL card. These will be
sent off to their Italian printer as per the sponsors
list ASAP. Once he has received them back, the QSL cards
will go out.
Fabrizio, IN3ZNR (aka XW3ZNR, XU7AAY
etc.), informs OPDX that all direct QSLs for his
operations in the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Laos People
Democratic Republic have been answered. If you did not
receive yours, please contact Fabrizio via E-mail at: xu7aay@qsl.net.
Uwe/DL9NDS (ZK1NDS) and Klause/DLNFK
(ZK1NFK) have uploaded the logs for both their North and
South Cook Islands on the Web. Check the following Web
site to see if you are in the log: http://www.dl9nds.de.
SPECIAL EVENT. Station SN45KDU will be active
now through May 31st and again November 1-18th to celebrate the
45th anniversary of the Radio Club (SP5KDU) in Tarnowskie Gory,
Poland. Activity will be on CW/SSB. QSL via bureau via SP9KDU.
VU4, ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS. Nat,
VU2NTA, announced again this week that no foreign amateur radio
operators are allowed to operate from VU4. He has indicated that
just the sheer number of foreigners attempting to put VU4 on the
air is making the authorities say NO. There is hope, however. Nat
states that, after working two years with the government and
asking for suggestions for certain ammendments to the AMATEUR
RADIO rules in India, they have just about succeeded. So, maybe
something may come through, but he requests to please not press
for the VU4 since right now even citizens of India are not
allowed to carry radios there. Nat says, "I hope you
understand the problems we face."
XW, LAOS (Update). As this bulletin was being
prepared, Charly, K4VUD, is staying in the Saylom Yen Guest House
in Vientaine and he is currently trying to obtain a license. He
reported that he spent a couple of hours at the Lao's equivalent
of the PTT office and was told that it may be a month or more
before he is assigned a real XW ham license. Charly mentioned
that three separate offices must touch/look at his application
papers, and he may have to appear in person for an interview for
the last step. He is expected to be here until August. (NOTE FROM
EDITOR: This was written before I left for Dayton, however,
Charly is back in HS0-land for a few days. Please see HS0 above.)
ZONE 2. Nenad, VE3EXY, reports that he has
received confirmation authorizing him access to the Indian
reserve in ZONE 2. He will be active 4 days (and 5 nights) from
Wednesday, May 23rd evening to Monday, May 28th morning, around
the CQWW WPX CW Contest weekend. Nenad will be active on the
following modes: CW, RTTY, and PSK31 possible, but not guaranteed
outside contest. Most of the CW will be during the contest (Not
much phone at all). From ZONE 2 (Loc. FO20), Nenad will sign
VE3EXY/2 (Counts as VE2 in the contest). His sunrise will be
0912z and sunset 0035z. Suggested frequencies will be (he will
always work split -2 kHz CW, 5 kHz RTTY or Phone):
There will be no 6 meters. Reports will be something like
"599Z2" which will indicate Nenad is there. Outside of
the contest, he will be active on the WARC, RTTY and LF. During
the CQ WPX CW Contest, look for him on 80/40/10 meters. Check
around the greyline times. He will be either on 80 or 160 meters.
There are some chances for EU and JA on those two bands. QSL via
VE3EXY (Home call). Nenad's QSL Policies: "For all my
DXpedition, I do not do blanket cover of all QSOs in my log.
Instead I answer QSLs when I receive them. You can send them
direct with SASE (SAE +postage), via the bureau, or direct
without postage. QSLs with sufficient return postage will be
answered the same day (if in the log), or via the bureau
otherwise. QSL cards are already printed, and there is no reason
to wait. No special cards waiting for sponsors. E-mail requests
are not accepted. However, elQSL requests will be confirmed
electronically, subject to receiving notification and
electronicQSL server address."
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