The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 520 BID: $OPDX.520 July 16, 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, WC1X, K2JXW, W3UR & The Daily
DX, K4VUD, KJ4UY, WD4NGB, AC6V, NI6T, K8YSE, WB8YJF, 9A5K, 9A6AA,
9V1YC, E21EIC, DJ4ZB, DL1EK & DX News Letter, F5NQL, F5TYY,
F6AJA & Les Nouvelles DX, HK3CW, I1JQJ & IK1ADH and 425
DX News, ON5FP, PA5ET, RA3SL, SM3CVM, VA3PL, VK3DYL, XE1KK,
YO4ATW and YV5EED for the following DX information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 8/July, through
Sunday, 15/July there were 215 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3C, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4W, 4X, 5A,
5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2,
9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A2, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6,
C9, CE, CE0Z, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, D6, DL,
DU, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY,
EZ, F, FG, FH, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU,
GW, H40, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV,
HZ, I, IS, J3, J7, JA, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8,
KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK,
OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PY0F, PZ, S2, S5,
SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T32, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI,
TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V4, V5, V7, V8,
VE, VK, VK9X, VP2V, VP8, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, XZ, YB,
YI, YK, YL, 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".
3D2, FIJI (Still Going Strong!). The
"425 DX News" reports that well known DXer Ron, ZL1AMO,
should be active again as 3D2RW from the Fiji Islands as of July
12th. OPDX still has not seen QSN reports as of July 15th. They
also state that he will operate from Nadi Island (OC-016) for a
few days, around July 16th. He will then move to the Lau Group
(OC-095) for a couple of weeks. QSL via ZL1AMO.
3V, TUNISIA. Yannick, F6FYD, has left from
Alegria, and he is now in Tunisia. He is expected to operate from
3V8BB.
4Z8, ISRAEL (Attention Prefix Hunters!).
Marc, WC1X, is a U.S. ham operating in Israel with a rare prefix.
He will be there until June of 2002, using the callsign 4Z8BB.
There is only one other licensed operator that shares the
"4Z8" prefix. Although Marc states, "I know Israel
is certainly not a rare country but the prefix '4Z8' is."
Marc has worked many stations on 20/15 meters SSB (mostly North
Americans). He informs OPDX that he would like the readers to
know he can also be found on RTTY on 20 meters. His schedule is:
0330-0430z on 14082 +/- QRM, 7 days a week. QSL manager is WC1X.
9A, CROATIAN ISLAND HOPPING TOUR 2001.
Marc/ON5FP and Jose/ON4CJK will be island hopping in Croatia from
July 16-31st. Their base QTH will be the lighthouse of "Veli
Rat" (CRO-183) on the island of Dugi Otok (EU-170 and
CI-018). They will have a motorboat at their disposal and plan to
visit 3 more nearby small Croatian islands (not specified yet) in
the same IOTA group. Their planned schedule of activities
include:
Rab Island (EU-136 and CI-096) - July 20th
Brac Island (EU-016 and CI-010) - July 21st
Pasman Island (EU-170 and CI-085) - July 22nd
Pag Island (EU-170 and CI-082) - July 27th
Vir Island (EU-170 and CI-141) - July 27th
Porer Island (EU-110 and CI-090) - July 31st
Their aim is to transmit from as many lighthouses as possible.
ON4CJK will be an entry in the IOTA contest from their "Veli
Rat" lighthouse QTH. QSL all QSOs to ON4ADN via the UBA
bureau or direct to: Geert Decru, St. Laurentiusstraat 18, B-
8710 Wielsbeke, Belgium.
9A, CROATIAN ISLANDS...
Operators 9A2GK/Miljenko, 9A3LD/Branko,
9A6JWF/Zeljko, 9A2BD/Zlatko, 9A4LT/Vlado, 9A7DAQ/Branko
and 9A3PG/Laci who were active this past week as 9A1C/p
from IOTA EU-170, will be visiting more Croatian islands
in the coming weeks: Katina (CI-037), Sestrice (CI-103),
Silo (CI-121), Mana (CI-064), Levrnaka (CI-054) and Rasip
(CI-098). Operations will be on 40-20 meters (IOTA freq).
QSL via 9A4BL.
Members of the Radio Club 9A1HBC
(Operators: Zlatko/9A2EU, Dino/9A2NO, Mario/9A5MR and
Josip/9A7JLJ) will be active as 9A7T/p from EU-170 (The
Island of Zut, CI-154) on July 27-29th, especially during
the IOTA contest. They will be use 9A/homecall before and
after IOTA contest. Operations will be on 80/40/20/15/10
meters. QSL 9A7T/p via 9A2EU. An additional list of
Islands for the IOCA Award is at: http://www.hamradio.hr.
CARIBBEAN TOUR 2001 (Updated). In addition to
previous announcements, the Low Land DX-pedition Team (LLDXT)
have received 2 special callsigns J3PA and J8PA which will be
used on Topband to avoid dupes and for several Contests. No
individual callsigns will be used on 160 meter. All licenses and
import permissions for the equipment are pre-arranged. The
LLDXT's 6th Caribbean tour will take them to the island of
Carriacou (Grenada) IOTA NA-147 (2nd - 15th August) and the
island Bequia (St. Vincent) IOTA NA-025 (16th - 27th August). The
team members will be Bouke/PA0ZH, Ronald/PA3EWP, Rob/PA5ET and
Dennis/PA7FM. The callsigns will be J3/homecall, J8/homecall,
J3PA and J8PA. The last 2 callsigns will be used on Topband and
during contests. They will use 2 x FT1000MP's with amplifiers and
will be active around the clock on 160-10 meters on the modes CW,
SSB, RTTY and PSK31. Titanex sponsored a V160E vertical to give
them a good low-band signal. As in other years, they have a Tour
Web-Site which will be updated daily with the latest information,
on-line logs, tour diary, digital photo's, propagation forecasts
and digital pile-up recordings. The Guestbook can already be
signed. The LLDXT home-page is ready for the tour and can be
found at: http://www.qsl.net/lldxt.
All QSLs will be managed again by PA5ET, Rob Snieder, Van
Leeuwenstraat 137, 2273 VS Voorburg, The Netherlands.
IOTA NEWS...
EU-064. Yves, F5TYY, will be active on
Noirmoutier's Island during the IOTA Contest from July
27-29th. He plans to operate on 80/40/20/15/10 meters SSB
using the callsign F5TYY/p. His QSL qsl is assured via
the Bureau.
NA-067. Jon, WB8YJF, will be active from
Ocracoke Island, NC, from July 22-29th. His activity will
include an entry in the RSGB IOTA Contest as WB8YJF/NA67.
He will be active on CW, RTTY, and SSB. Jon will be
taking a TA33-Mini and will have it mounted at 25-30 ft.
next to a saltwater pond. He might try antennas for 30
and 40 meters and possible 80 (He has a shortened 80m
rotatable dipole). QSL (direct is MUCH faster) via his
home QTH: Jon Severt/WB8YJF, 5586 Babbitt Rd., New
Albany, OH 43054.
NA-090. Masa/XE1ZOI and Ramon/XE1KK will
be active from Cozumel Island, Grid EL60, from July
27-29th, including the IOTA Contest. They expect to be
using the callsigns 4A3ZOI on mostly CW, and 6H3KK on
mostly SSB. Outside of the contest, they will be active
on HF including the WARC bands, 50 MHz and FM satellites.
QSL via their home callsigns.
NA-083
NA-139. Andy, VA3PL, is planning a little IOTA
expedition to Assateague Island (Worcester County,
Maryland, MD001S and NA-139).. If he can't get a camping
site there, he will then go to his alternate site on the
Virginia side of the same island called Chincoteague
(Accomack County, VA002S and NA-083). Andy will be active
from July 26-30th, and will be operating on, or near the
usual IOTA frequencies (SSB/CW). He will be using a
TS-450 (100 watts) and a G5RV antenna. Andy will also be
operating during the IOTA contest from his campsite
location. QSL via home call - SASE/SAE + GS/IRC
appreciated.
SA-NEW. Ramon, YV5EED, Events
Coordinator for the Grupo DX Caracas, informs OPDX that
the Association of Radioamateurs of Venezuela (ARV) and
the Grupo DX Caracas are pleased to announce the
Venezuelan Navy Day 2001 celebration with an IOTA
DXpedition to Falcon State Islands on July 20 to 24,
2001. Since it is a new IOTA island group, a number will
be assigned after their operation according to the new
IOTA Directory. The callsign YW1F will be used on the
regular DX HF frequencies and 6 meters. A plaque will be
given to the DX station that works them on most bands and
modes. QSL via W4SO (mail drop) and via bureau ONLY via
YV ARV QSL Bureau, P.O. Box 3636, Caracas 1010-A,
Venezuela.
ISLAND NEWS. Marc/F6HQP and Pierre/F5NGB
will operate from some islands in Brittany for the DIFM
and IOTA award between July 29th to August 12th. No other
details were provided.
LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO GROW! Over
the last few years, more and more DXers have been taking an
interest in lighthouses/lightships activity. This week we
received a message from Jim Weidner, K2JWX, President of the
"Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society" ARLHS. He states the
following: "The ARLHS is the world's largest amateur radio
society devoted exclusively to ham radio and lighthouses. Less
than a year old, our membership already totals several hundred
worldwide, with an average of 2 new members being added every
day. In addition to sponsoring expeditions to lighthouses and
lightships around the world on a weekly basis, we also sponsor
four operating events throughout the year. The next events are
the immensely popular NLLW and ILLW annual operating events. (The
latter event is in co-sponsorship with GM4SUC.) We offer an
extensive lighthouse awards program and maintain perhaps the
internet's largest and most complete list of the lighthouses and
lightships of the world.............. Full details can be found
on our main web pages at: http://arlhs.com. Our main web site contains
our stated purposes in sponsoring expeditions to remote
lighthouses as well as details about our worldwide organization,
the largest ham radio society devoted to lighthouse/lightship
operations. Membership details and FAQs are also accessible from
this main page."
National Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (NLLW) - August
4-5th. Guidelines are on the web page at: http://www.waterw.com/~weidner/arlhs/page2a.html.
For the first time awards and prizes are offered for this
event. The prize drawing is an exquisitely detailed
miniature collectible lighthouse, signed limited edition,
donated by one of their sponsors, Harbour Lights.
MORE LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY. Just a reminder
that a new lighthouse will be activated for the "World
Lighthouse Award" next weekend for one day, July 22nd. Look
for 9A5KV/P, 9A3VM/P, 9A3DU/P and 9A5V/P to be active from the
Croatian lighthouse "Otocic Lirica" (LH 0381). QSL via
9A5KV: PO Box 286, 20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia.
NEW DX PUBLICATION. OPDX was informed that a
new DX publication is available for DXers, "The Amateur
Radio DX Reference Guide - DX101X By AC6V". This guide
includes information on DX Equipment, Propagation, Operating
Aids, Working DX, QSLing, DX Secrets,14 Appendices... etc. This
226 page book took a year to write and features the DXing advice
of several noted DXers and technical gurus. For an outline and
samples of this guide, vist the Web page: http://ac6v.com/.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
9A0HQ active this past weekend during
the IARU HF Championship, should be QSLed via the bureau
or directly to 9A5K via the following adresses: Kresimir
Kovarik, Zagorska 14, HR-49210 Zabok, CROATIA Kresimir
Kovarik, M.Sufflaya 15, HR-43000 Bjelovar, CROATIA
Victor/9V1BH and James/9V1YC operated as
9V9HQ, representing the IARU HQ station of The Singapore
Amateur Radio Transmitting Society (SARTS), in the IARU
Contest this past weekend. QSL via AA5BT.
C21TA QSLs. Peter's QSL Manager, Gwen
VK3DYL, apologizes for the unavoidable delay in answering
direct QSL cards. Since C21 stamps are greatly sought
after by philatelists, Peter intends posting the cards
from Nauru on his next trip.
Jose, EA5KB, is now the the QSL Manager
of Claus, CP4BT. He can check QSL requests dating back to
January 1st, 1998. His address: Jose Ardid Arlandis,
Appartado 5013 , E-46080 Valencia, SPAIN .
The HS0AC club station of Radio Amateur
Soceity of Thailand (RAST HQ) was active in the IARU 2001
Contest this past weekend. Ops were: HS1CKC, HS0GBI,
HS6NDK and E21EIC. QSL via G3NOM.
FK8GM was active in last weekend's IARU
Contest as a Single Op/Multi-band/SSB only entry. The QSL
Manager is WB2RAJ.
Tom, N4XP (K4TSJ), reports that 85% of
QSL requests for K5K, the Kingman Reef DXpedition, have
been answered. Cards are generally answered in the
sequence in which they were received. Tom is on a major
push to complete this task---over 30,000 cards have been
received.
NOT THE QSL MANAGER. Leonid, UA6CW,
informs that he is not or has never been the QSL Manager
for UJ8H, active during September 2000.
YR0HQ was active in the 2001 IARU HF
World Campionship from the Romanian HQ, should be QSLed
via YO3FRI.
QSL.NET BLOCKS THE OPDX BULLETIN. OPDX
InterNet Subscribers using QSL.NET as their InterNet Mail
Address will no longer receive the OPDX Bulletin. This
will affect some 42 subscribers. OPDX has been having
trouble sending the bulletin over the last few weeks to
these subscribers of QSL.NET. Apparently, (as we are
told) it has something to do with a SPASM control on
QSL.NET. We recommend that these subscribers PLEASE
unsubscribe from the OPDX mailing List to prevent
continued message bounces and resubscribe from another
address. We are sorry for this inconvenience.
S2, BANGLADESH. Look for John, KX7YT, to be
active as S21YV from Dhaka now through August 5th. He will
operate on 20/15 meters SSB/PSK31 between the hours of
1400-1800z.
SPECIAL EVENT. A special event station will
be on the air from now through the end of August to conmemorate
the "Copa America 2001" soccer football tournament that
will be held in Colombia. The Copa America is the most important
football tournament in South America. All South American national
teams will compete for this prestigious cup. The special callsign
to be used is 5K3CA which will be on the air 80-10 meters, CW,
RTTY, PSK31 and SSB. Operators are: HK3DDD, HK3WGQ, HK1APN/3,
HK3PDX, HK3LGO, HK3CW, HJ3ISB, and HJ3JSF. QSL via HK3DDD, Beto.
QSL direct or via the bureau. The QSL will be a beautiful color
photo depicting the highlights of the tournament.
SPECIAL EVENT. In connection with the
celebration of "The King Chulalongkorn Days" in
Utanede, Sweden, special event station SI9AM will have "open
house" between 0800-1800z, Thursday, July 19th through
Sunday, July 22nd. They will allow a 2 hour slot for each
operator during the operating hours of 0800-1800z daily. Whoever
happens to be in the area/vicinity and would like to operate with
this unusual callsign SI9AM, please contact them via E-mail at si9am@qsl.net for booking of time
slots. The suggested frequencies are:
CW - 3517, 7017, 14017, 21017 and 28017
SSB - 3760, 7060, 14210, 21310 and 28510 kHz
QSL via SM3CVM via the SM bureau or CBA. For more information
about SI9AM, check the Web site: http://www.qsl.net/si9am.
T5 OPERATION CANCELLED. Bruce, WD4NGB,
informed OPDX that: "Due to the recent DXpedition to T5
reducing the need, and the increase in hostilities in the
country, the planned trip to Somalia this fall is cancelled. Any
other group that may wish to go, I would be glad to change what I
have done for a web page so far for their use. Sorry to those
that were expecting us to be there... 73/DX, Bruce"
TK, CORSICA (Lighthouse Activity). From July
20th to August 10th, Claude, F5MCC, has planned a South Corsica
ham radio tour (IOTA EU-014 and DIFM TK-001). Claude will be
active from the land lighthouses, valid for the French Phares et
Balises du littoral (DPLF Award) and numbered: PB-169, 170, 171,
172, 173, 188 and 288. He will go to the IIe du Toro (IOTA EU-164
and DIFM TK-031), with TK5XN on a weekend (dates unknown at the
moment, and this depends on the weather and the boat
possibilities). The stay there is planned for at least one day.
Claude will enter the IOTA Contest with TK/F5MCC/EU014 for some
hours. Claude will also be active from several Castles and
Genovese Towers numbered from TK/2A002 to TK/2A013 which are
valid for the French Forts and Castles award (DFCF). All activity
will be on 40/20/15/10 meters SSB, CW on request, except for the
IOTA contest and Ile du Toro activity where it will be CW only.
The QSL for any of these activities go to F5MCC's direct CBA or
via the French bureau to F3GJ.
V4, St, KITTS AND NEVIS. Larry, KJ4UY, will
be traveling back here on July 19th. He will be operating from
V44NK's QTH on Nevis as V47UY from July 20th through July 31st
and will also operate during the IOTA contest. Activity will be
160-6 meters with the primary bands being 10 meters through 20
meters, operating CW/SSB/RTTY/PSK31. He should be joined by RB,
WB4FNH, on July 25th and his proposed/requested callsign should
be V47FNH. Please QSL V47UY via KJ4UY and V47FNH via WB4FNH with
SASE for USA stations and SAE plus IRC or USD for return postage.
They will be returning to the USA on August the 1st.
VU3, INDIA. Charly, K4VUD (also HS0ZCW,
9N7UD, V26V and A52UD), is now here and has just received
recently his India callsign VU3CHE for HF operation. However, no
QSNs were spotted by Charly on the cluster networks. A
"BIG" disappointed Charly announced this week: "I
am now sitting in Port Blair, Andaman Islands, India... that's
VU4 land, guys... and I hold a new VU callsign... VU3CHE...but it
is good only for operations in one location in New Delhi, India.
!!!! close and yet so far!!!, I will file a full report on the
test trip to VU4 land later. Very pretty place... trying
snorkling today. Sked not not possible for VU3CHE. Back to
HS-land soon."
XW, LAOS. Charly, K4VUD, also mentioned this
past week that the Laos Frequencies Manager is still working on
his XW operating permit application.
ZC4, U.K. SOV. BASE AREAS ON CYPRUS. Steve,
ZC4BS, informs/updates OPDX that Steve/ZC4BS and Dez/ZC4DW, and
the club station ZC4ESB are fully active "on-the-air"
on all bands from 160-6 meters, including the WARC bands, and on
all modes. Steve/ZC4BS is also operating SSTV (possibly the only
ZC4 ever on this mode!). Their antennas range from coaxial
dipoles to a 200ft doublet (basic but impressive ... worked 204
countries in 5 months on a dipole !!!). Steve mentions that once
it cools down a little they will be building a few quad antennas
for 15/10 meters. They are both active in most contests; usually
one active on all bands, the other on a single band or even
different modes to allow a better chance of catching a ZC4. Steve
states that over 25,000 QSOs between them so far suggest their
signals are getting out "OK", so check the cluster
because they will be listening for you (ZC4BS is also an avid
county hunter !!). Check out these interesting home pages about
Steve:
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