The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 519 BID: $OPDX.519 July 9, 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, K1VV, NG3K, W3UR & The Daily
DX, K4JZ, W4SAA, K5KG, K7BV, K8AZ, K8YSE, NE8Z, KU9C, W9DC,
9A6AA, DL1EK & DX News Letter, EA5RM, F5NQL, F5OGG, G3XTT,
GM0HCQ, GW3KJN, HA8IC, HA0HW, JA1ELY, JH1ORA, JQ1SUO, LU7DW,
LY1DR, OH1EH, S57AW, SM4DDS, UR5LCV, VE7DP and YS1AG/G5AYU for
the following DX information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 1/July, through
Sunday, 8/July there were 220 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3C, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4W, 4X, 5A,
5B, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J,
9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3,
C5, C6, C9, CE, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, D6, DL,
DU, E4, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX,
EY, EZ, F, FG, FH, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ,
GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS,
HV, HZ, I, IS, J6, J8, JA, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6,
KH8, KL, KP2, 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,
S9, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T30, T32, T7, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI,
TK, TL, TN, TR, TT, TU, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5,
V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2V, VP5, VP8, VQ9, VR, VU, XE,
XT, XU, YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4,
ZD7, ZF, ZK1/s, ZL, ZP, ZS.
* 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".
3B8, MAURITIUS. Taher, 3B8DB, was active this
past weekend on 12 meters CW. Watch between 24894 and 24900 kHz
between 0900 and 1400z.
4W, EAST TIMOR. Thor, 4W6MM, was heard this
past weekend with very few takers on 20 meters CW. Watch 14002
kHz as early as 0545z and as late as 1430z. He was also heard
around 7025 kHz at 1030z and also at 1130z. There was one QSN on
10 and 15 meters this week. Check 28490 kHz at 0215z and 21003
kHz at 0445z.
E4, PALESTINE. Gunter, E4/OE1GZA, was heard
this past weekend on 21287 kHz between 1145 and 1330z. QSL via
Gunter Zwickl, BOX 1133, Ramalah, Palestine.
DX VIDEOS...
VK0IR HEARD ISLAND - "Outpost at
the Edge" (Editorial by KB8NW) This broadcast
television documentary is a must for any DXer who
collects DXpedition videos. James Brooks, 9V1YC, who has
written and filmed the video, provides 50 minutes of
interesting facts and history of this isolated island.
The video not only contains footage of the famous, very
expensive VK0IR DXpedition, but also rare film on the
first expedition to the island. You will learn about the
history of the island from the early 19th century
American sealing industry through the Austrialian
occupation in the 1950s. If you enjoyed James's other
videos, you will really like this one. For more details,
visit the web site: http://home.pacific.net.sg/~jamesb.
Dennis, K7BV, introduced his
"Fernando de Noronha - PV0F - CQ WPX 2001"
video at the Ham Radio 2001 Convention in
Friedrichshafen, Germany, last weekend. A World High
Power 3rd place finish is claimed for his operation. The
professionally produced video is 14 minutes long and
features an entertaining tour of the island, its history
and the QTH of its most famous occupant, Andre, PY0FF. It
is currently available in NTSC format and will be made
available in PAL if there is sufficient interest. For
more information, send E-mail to Dennis at: k7bv@aol.com.
IARU 2001 ANNOUNCED HQ OPERATIONS. Bill,
NG3K, has created a listing of HQ and official stations announced
for the forthcoming 2001 IARU Contest (July 14-15th) and can be
found on the Web at: http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/iaru2001.html.
If you'd like to have your HQ/official operation listed, please
send the details (Callsign, Country, Class, QSL Info, Operators)
to: Bill@ng3k.com. (Please,
only HQ/Official operations for this one.)
IOTA NEWS...
AS-041. Eiji/JQ1SUO and JH4WXV will be
active from Oki Island between August 11-14th, as
JQ1SUO/4 and JH4WXV/4. Activity will be on 160-10 meters
CW/SSB. QSL via their home callsigns via the CBA.
EU-091. The Salento DX Team will be on
the air from Grande Island (I.I.A. LE-002) during the
IOTA Contest. Callsign is not known. Operators will draw
lots for the uses of callsign/p. QSL via IK7JWX or via
CBA.
EU-170. A Hungarian team will operate
from the Croatian Island of Pasman from July 21-30th. The
members of the team are: Zsolt/HA6PS, Tibor/HA6ZV and
Laci/HA6NL. Their callsigns will be 9A/homecall/p on all
HF-bands. They are going to be active on 2m and 70cm from
the JN73 grid square. They plan to participate in the
IOTA Contest. QSL should be sent to their respective home
callsigns and will be answered the same way as received.
EU-177. Kjell, SM4DDS, will be active as
8S4C/5 from Stora Alo, July 9-14th. His activity will be
on CW and SSB. QSL via bureau is OK and direct QSLs via
his home callsign SM4DDS: Kjell Bonerfalt, Oskarsvagen
4B, S-702 14 Orebro, SWEDEN.
NA-141. Joe/W4SAA and Dick/N4RP will
operate a 100w CW DXpedition station from Virginia Key,
FL, for the IOTA Contest, July 28-29th. Antenna
improvements have been made over last year's operation.
QSL cards are printed. Pleasse QSL via the new address:
Joe Hornbach, W4SAA, 13691 NE 25 AVE, North Miami Beach,
FL 33181-3502 USA (SASE PSE).
SA-055. Operators LU1BCE, LU3DW, LU7AWP
and LU7DW will activate the Island of Martin Garcia as
L80AA/D during the IOTA Contest. There will be activity
outside the contest, and it will be mostly on SSB and on
the WARC bands. They hope to be able to have a 160m
dipole up, even if conditions in July may not be so good
for that band.
Scheduled Croatian IOTAs and IOCAs to be
active provided by Emir, 9A6AA, IOCA Manager:
Callsign IOTA Island IOCA Date
----------------------------------------------------------------------
9A4A EU-170 Pag CI-082 until September 2001
9A6AA EU-136 Losinj CI-058 until September 2001
9A/DL1BKK EU-110 Pulari CI-205 July 15th-August 7th
9A/ON4IPA EU-136 Cres-Losinj area July (last week)
9A/OE5EMS EU-136 Krk CI-046 IOTA contest
9A9R EU-136 Krk CI-082 IOTA contest
9A5JR/p EU-170 Sestrice CI-103 August (Lighthouse event)
9A2V/p EU-170 Sestrice CI-103 August (Lighthouse event)
J7, DOMINICA. George, K5KG, will be active as
J75KG from IOTA NA-101 from July 7-17th. He will operate 160-10
meters, with a concentration on CW, WARC and the low bands. He
will also operate in the IARU Contest as a mixed mode. QSL via
KU9C.
KH0, MARIANA ISLANDS. Keiko/JJ1CRV and
Kaz/JH1ORA will be on vacation here from July 13-16th and will be
active as KI8CT/KH0 (JJ1CRV) and KD1OS/KH0 (JH1ORA). Activity
will be on CW/SSB on 40/20/15/10/6 meters (possibly 160 and 80
meters) and the WARC bands. QSL via the JARL Bureau to their home
callsigns or direct to JJ1CRV. ADDED NOTE: KD1OS/KH0 will
participate in the IARU HF Championship.
LY0, LITHUANIA. Look for LY0HQ activity in
the IARU Contest 2001 by the HQ station from Lithuania. QSL via
LY1DR: Saulius Zalnerauskas, P.O.Box 922, Kaunas 3005, Lithuania.
MUSEUM SHIP SPECIAL EVENT WEEKEND will be
held beginning 0001z July 21st until 2359z July 22nd and is
sponsored by the USS Salem Radio Club, K1USN, Quincy. MA. U.S.A.
During the "Museum Ship Special Event" you will be able
to work warships, submarines, lightships and various motor
vessels from WWII (earlier USA, Russian, German U Boats, British
and much more). By working these ships you will be able to
collect unique QSL cards which have their histories going back
almost 100 years!! A certificate is usually available from the
sponsors of these ships. See the USS Salem Web page for the list
of participating ships with operating frequencies and certificate
information at: http://www.qsl.net/k1usn/event.html. Also,
every one of the U.S. WWII ships has an individual historic
record on the web which you can read from the US Navy records at:
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-ships.html.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
D68C QSL STATUS. Don, G3XTT (D68C
publicity officer), reports that the D68C QSLing is now
well underway. Many cards have already gone out, and a
large batch for U.S. hams will be mailed very soon. Of
course, with the biggest DXpedition of all time, it will
take several weeks to catch up with the cards already on
hand. Once those are out the way, it should be possible
to deal with any new incoming cards pretty quickly. He
requests to PLEASE NOT E-mail Phil, G3SWH, about your
cards as answering E-mails simply takes him away from the
QSLing task! Don states, "We would, of course, have
wanted to get cards out even earlier, but with so many
sponsors who, naturally, looked for proper recognition on
the card, we needed time to run the design past them
before we went to print. And simply printing something
like 80,000 cards (in Germany) and getting them shipped
to the UK took time too. But when you see the cards, I'm
sure you will all be delighted."
Wendell, K4JZ, reports that the QSL
cards for the Poor Boy DXpedition, FP/K4JZ, June 15-18th,
will be replied to as soon as he receives the cards from
the printer (In approx. three weeks).
Dr. Rick, NE8Z, was active this past
week as WW8DX/8 from Rattlesnake Island, Michigan, which
has been known to be infested at times with poisonous
Eastern Massassagua Rattlesnakes. Rattlesnake Island is
MI-051L for the U.S. Islands Award. QSL via WW8DX QRZ.COM
or NE8Z at: Rick Dorsch, Box 616, Hamburg, MI 48139 USA
NOT THE QSL MANAGER! Igor Zeldin,
UR5LCV, President of UARL, informs OPDX that he is not or
has never been the QSL Manager for RU9CI. He continues to
receive direct request from many U.S. stations.
Frank, VE7DP, informs OPDX that QSL
cards for the February 2001 IOTA operations from the
Philippines have arrived from the printer. The processing
of direct requests has already begun, and the first batch
will be in the mail this week. It may take him about 4
weeks to clean up the backlog. Bureau cards will be sent
out later to every station in the log. It is not
necessary to send him cards via Bureau!! The QSO totals
are as following:
OC-091 1600 VE7DP/DU1 & DU1KGJ/p
OC-126 2100 4I1P
OC-244 3900 4I1P
OC-093 4100 4H2B
He mentions that the documentation to have the operations
accredited is on its way to G3KMA. Some cards are
arriving also for 4G1A, but Frank is NOT the QSL Manager.
Cards for the 4G1A contest station should be sent direct
to 4G1A/DX1CW.
The YV5/NE8Z QSLs for the IOTA SA-035
operation from Islas Los Roques have been printed and
direct requests will be sent out on or about July 25th.
SPECIAL EVENT. Look for special station
HG8SDS to be active only once a year between August 14-21th, in
Veszto-Magor to celebrate "Sarret Days" (HG8 Sarret
DayS). A contact with this station is good towards the
"Sarret Award" (10 points). Activity will be on 80-10
meters CW and SSB. For more details on the award and HG8SDS,
check the Web site at: http://www.qsl.net/hg8sds.
SPECIAL EVENT. Gene, UA9AB, President of the
Troisk Amateur Radio Club, reports that the TARC will celebrate
its 30th anniversary on July 23rd. During their celebration, they
will be active using the special callsigns UE9ATC and UE9ATC/P
from July 20-27th. A special colored QSL card will be issued for
contacts during this period. Also, any station that makes contact
with 3 members of the club during this period will receive a
Special Award.
T8, PALAU. Hideki, JE8BKW, will be active as
T88BB from the evening of July 8th through the morning of July
11th. Look for Hideki on 80-6 meters, SSB and CW. QSL via the
JARL bureau or direct to his new address at: Hideki Sanada,
4-2-11-312, 24-Ken 2-Jo, Sapporo, 063-0802 JAPAN.
TG, GUATEMALA. A Spanish team consisting of
EA1QF, EA3CUU, EA4BT, EA4KA, EA7AAW, EA7JB, EB1ADG and EB4EE will
be in Guatemala from September 17-26th, installing a digital
radio emergency network as was done in El Salvador and Honduras
in past years. At the same time, a HF operations will take place
on all bands from 160-6 meters on SSB, CW and RTTY with special
emphasis on CW and the WARC bands. They have requested the
callsign TG0R, but the final approval from the Guatemala PTT is
still pending. All the activities will be done jointly with the
Club de Radioaficionados de Guatemala (CRAG). QSL via EA4URE.
TI9, COCOS ISLAND. Andy, YS1AG/G5AYU, informs
OPDX that there is an active station on Cocos Island, and the
operator is Hugo, TI2HFM/TI9. He is a gamekeeper/forester there
working for the Costa Rica Parks administration. He is usually
heard on weekends, around 0300z somewhere near 7070 kHz
ragchewing with TI5ECC (YL) and TI3GBP, who is due to join him by
the end of this month. They will also take a radio along so there
will be two TI9 stations on the air. They are not DXers, but like
to ragchew in Spanish on 40 meters (it is better than no activity
at all).
VP8, SOUTH GEORGIA ISLAND (possibly South
Orkney Island also!)..... OPDX received an E-mail this week from
Mike Gloistein, GM0HCQ, who was active from South Georgia Island
as VP8SGK for a few days during the end of March and the
beginning of April. To start, Mike informed OPDX that the address
we had listed in OPDX.505 was wrong (Sorry!). The correct address
is: Mike Gloistein, 27 Stormont Way, Scone, PH2 6SP, Scotland. He
also reported to OPDX that he will be going back to South Georgia
sometime in late November or early December. He will be active
onboard the Royal Research Ship Ernest Shackleton beginning about
October 10th. He will be changing his callsign to VP8CMH/MM once
in the Falkland Islands and the Antarctic waters. There is a slim
chance that he may even be able to operate from Signy Island this
time around, but he won't know for sure until he gets there. Mike
hopes to post the ships itinerary on his Web site at: http://www.qsl.net/gm0hcq.
Once he is away, updates will be posted at: http://www.hfdx.co.uk.
WORLD LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY...
WLH-0074. Mario, DL5ME, states that he
will be active as LA/DL5ME from the lighthouse on the
Island of Runde (Soroyane -IOTA EU-079, WLH-0074), July
14-16th. He will also be active from a new lighthouse on
the Island of Vigre (Nordoyane - IOTA EU-056), July
19-21st. He will use a log-periodic and 500 watts. During
the IARU Contest, look for him on 17 meters (during the
NA window). QSL via homecall direct (the fast way, 2-3
months) or the bureau (the slow way, 1-2 to 5 years).
LH-0978. Masafumi, JA6GXK, will activate
the Japanese lighthouse on Me Shima Island (AS-056) over
the next few months. Look for him on the following dates:
July 13-24th, August 14-24th and October 5-16th. Activity
will be on 40 meters, 14260 and 21260 kHz.
WRTC 2002 UPDATE. The 13 U.S. contest clubs
have nominated the following contesters to eventually lead the
ten U.S. teams to Finland in July 2002.
USA West:
USA East:
N6MJ Daniel Craig
NT1N David (Dave) Patton
N6RT Douglas Brandon
K1AR John Dorr
N5RZ Ralph Bowen
W4AN Bill Fisher
N2IC Steven London
KQ2M Robert (Bob) Shohet
N5KO Robert (Trey) Garlough
K5ZD Randall (Randy) Thompson
Congrats to Team Croatia for being the first one to select a
national team! The following contesters will represent Croatia in
the WRTC2002: Zdravko (Emil) Balen/9A9A and Robert Orehoci/9A3GW.
WRTC 2000 AWARDS. Robert, S57AW, reports that
the distribution of awards, T-shirts and gifts is less than a
month away. They are almost finished processing everything, and
they are sorry for the delay.
SPECIAL NOTE BY EDITOR: If you are having a problem receiving
bounced mail by sending mail to me via "kb8nw@barf80.nshore.org",
please send mail to me via "kb8nw@arrl.net"......
TNX de Tedd KB8NW
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