The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 539 BID: $OPDX.539 December 3, 2001 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1
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W6AWO, AA8LL, K8YSE, KU9C, ANAN News, Worldwide UTE News,
CE7ZK,CO8TW, DL1EK & DX News Letter, DL7HU, DL8AAM, HP1AC,
HS1CKC, HS9XP, IK7JWX, LU4EJ, ON6TT, P29KH, PA5ET, PA0MIR,
PY1NEZ, SM3DBU, VA3RJ & ICPO, VE6JO and VK3UY for the
following DX information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 25/November, through
Sunday, 2/December there were 244 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4W, 4X,
5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R,
9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9U, 9V, 9Y, A4, A5, A6, A7,
A9, AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C6, C9, CE, CE0A, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT,
CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, E3, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL,
EP, ER, ES, ET, 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, HM, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J6,
J7, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH4, KH6, 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, S7,
S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T30, T5, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF,
TG, TI, TK, TL, TN, TR, TU, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3,
V4, V5, V6, V8, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8,
VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS,
YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZD9, ZF, ZK1/s, ZK2, ZL,
ZL7, ZP, ZS.
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain
"Pirate/SLIM" operations. As always, you never know -
"Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).
C6, BAHAMAS (IOTA Op). Wade/AA8LL and
Liz/K8LIZ will be active from Crooked Island (IOTA NA-113) as
AA8LL/C6A and K8LIZ/C6A from 0000z Janaury 12th through 0600z
January 14th. Activity will be on SSB only 40-10 meters on the
IOTA frequencies. QSL AA8LL and K8LIZ to their CBA or via the
bureau. By the way, their activity will be from Bird Rock
Lighthouse which counts as ARLHS BAH-005. (Also see IOTA NA-213
below)
D2, ANGOLA. Vitor, CT1FSC, is expected to be
active as D2/CT1FSC from Luanda between now and December 14th. No
QSNs have been reported yet. QSL via CT1FSC. Meanwhile, Clay,
AB0VE, showed up as AB0VE/D2 from Angola during this past weekend
on 10 meters (28405 kHz between 1600-1700z).
DXCC NEWS. Bill Moore, NC1L, DXCC Manager,
reported the following this week: "XU7AAR (Cambodia) has
been on hold awaiting supporting documentation. This has been
received and upon review it is now being accepted for DXCC
credit. Anyone who had this rejected during a past submission can
contact DXCC at --- dxcc@arrl.org
--- for an update to his or her record. Or, it can be sent with
the next submission for credit. (This operation occurred during
the latter part of 1999).
FO/A, AUSTRAL ISLANDS. Just a reminder to
look for Jon/WB8YJF as FO0SEV and Leo/K8PYD as FO0FRY this week.
They should be active by the time you read this. Operations will
last until December 14th with a heavy emphasis on RTTY, with CW
and SSB as well. QSL via their home callsigns. Direct QSLs will
result in a QSL the same week (once they are printed), the bureau
can take substantially longer. They will both have their own
station with activity on 80-10 meters.
IOTA NEWS...
AS-126. Winit, HS1CKC, informs OPDX to
look for E29AL to operate from Tarutao Island, December
8-15th. The members of the Royal Amateur Society of
Thailand (RAST) have obtained the permission and plan to
be active on the usual IOTA frequencies. Also, mentioned
is that they plan to work on RTTY on 14086, 21086 and
28086 kHz, PSK31 on 14070, 21070 and 28070 kHz and on
SSTV on 14230, 21340 and 28680 kHz. The members of the
team will be HS0GBI, HS1CKC, E21EIC, E20NTS, HS0/G3NOM,
E20RRW, HS0XNO, HS4BPQ, E20HHK, HS9EQY and HS0ZCW
(K4VUD). QSL via HS0GBI.
NA-213. Wade/AA8LL and Liz/K8LIZ will be
active from Dauphin Island, AL, as AA8LL/4 and K8LIZ/4
from 0000z Janaury 5th through 0000z January 7th.
Activity will be on SSB only 40-10 meters on the IOTA
frequencies. QSL AA8LL and K8LIZ to their CBA or via the
bureau. This island counts also for USI Award as
AL-002-S.
OC-136. Nico, PA0MIR, informs OPDX that
his operation to Phillip Island as VK3FEI/p was
unsuccessful and made only 4 QSOs. However, is possible
he will try to activate French Island (same IOTA) after
the second weekend in February, depending on the time,
transportation, and accommdations.
SA-NEW. Operators Marcos/CE7HJO and
Ismael/CE7AOY plan to activate Riesco Island in the
"Magallanes and Antartica Chilena Province South
Group" December 17-22nd. Both operators will sign
homecall/8. Activity will be on the IOTA frequencies
operating split 5 kHz up. They will start on or around
14260 kHz. QSL CE7HJO/8 via the CBA and CE7AOY/8 via
CE7ZK. If you miss this activity, there is another group
planning on going here in February.
OPERATION CANCELLED (LS2D). Mariano, LU4EJ,
informed OPDX that the Radio Club Mar Del Plata (LU2DT) had to
cancel their DXpedition to the Verde Island (LS2D) which was
schedule for November 23-25th due to bad weather. The Patagonia
area where they were going to operate was effected by strong
winds and rain, and the operators were forced to leave the place.
They apologize to the DX community for the cancellation.
P29, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Kyle Harris informs
OPDX that after a 7 year absence he has returned to P29-land. He
has also received his old callsign back, P29KH, and has started
to catch up on his DXing and Contesting. Kyle states,
"Except for contests, I usually work almost exclusively CW.
(We live in a house in the jungle with no acoustic insulation
whatsoever. Having to listen to me work pileups on SSB rattles my
wife and disturbs the neighbors. Acoustic RFI.) Right now I have
a Moonraker broadband dipole, that unfortunately has to be
oriented exactly 90 degrees off of the optimum orientation for
Stateside (makes it great for Europe, though). That will change
in a couple of months. In February, the tower and tribander go up
along with a vertical for 40 and 80. My usual operating times are
around 0900-1200 UTC and 2000-2300 UTC, mainly on weekends.
20,40,80 meters early, higher bands late. I usually operate about
40 khz up from the bottom of the band, listening up if there is a
pileup. I have been told that once it is up I can load my tower
for use as a 160 meter vertical. I plan to try that as well if I
can find the article that describes how to do it." (If you
have information/file to help Kyle load his tower, please send to
the editor, and I will pass it on.) QSL P29KH via Tim, WD9DZV,
his QSL Manager.
P5, NORTH KOREA. Ed, P5/4L4FN, continues to
be active daily, however, he has changed his 10 meter frequency
to 28580 kHz to get away from QRM of non-hams. According to
Bruce's, KK5DO, Web page Ed has made contact with ten 10-X
members and has qualified for his own 10-X number (his number is
72722) making it a new country for DXCC 10-X'ers after November
29, 2001. Reportedly, Ed has made his 1,000th QSO on November
25th, hopefully they will all count towards DXCC and make 1,000
hams so very happy. Online logs are usually posted about 12 hours
after the contacts are made, if they do not appear, please just
check back later. They will be posted as soon as possible. On
November 21st, the Butternut Vertical HF and Bencher Keyer were
delivered, and it was indicated that he is now using it (however,
the Web site does not mention this as this was being written). It
was stressed on the Web page to "Do NOT send E-mail directly
to Ed. He is receiving E-mail that has gone to the Director of
the World Food Program. This is a very bad idea. First, Ed cannot
make schedules with all 1,000,000 hams that want one. Second, if
Ed receives too many E-mails, they will terminate his E-mail and
then we have no way to get in touch with him." So, watch for
Ed's activity on 10 meters between 2200-2300z (sometimes later on
the weekends). He was also spotted on 20 meters (14195 kHz/EU
list operation) around 1230z this past weekend. QSL via KK5DO.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
The QSL Manager for BX4AE is SM3DBU:
Leif Lindh, Malargatan 5, SE-82531 Iggesund, SWEDEN. He
is also the manager for: VU2VVP and VU3BKY.
Juan, CO8TW, was active in the CQWW CW
Contest. Please QSL via his QSL Manager IZ8CCW. A log
search is available online at: http://www.qsl.net/co8tw/.
QSLs for HK0GU go to Gerd, DL7VOG, via
is CBA or to the bureau.
Cam, HP1AC, was active in the CQWW CW
Contest as a SOSBLP entry. QSL via EA5KB.
Rob, PA5ET, reports that the QSLs for
their "Caribbean Tour 2001", held during August
to J3-land and J8-land, have arrived from the printer. In
the coming weeks they expect to mail all direct cards
out. If you are still going to sent cards to him, please
use RECENT STAMPS for his collection. Rob mentions that
he is also managing J38PA and J8PA. Please visit the
LLDXT Web page at: http://www.qsl.net/lldxt/.
PY1NEW/2 (Pete) and PY1NEZ/2 (Lima) were
active this past week from Comprida Island (IOTA SA-024).
QSL preferably via their home callsign (QRZ,
Buckmaster's, Flying Horse Callbook, etc.) or via the
Bureau (Labre is running very slow on sending/receiving
cards).
W4FRU SK. It is with great sadness to
report John Parrott, W4FRU, has become a "Silent
Key" (SK) on Novenber 28th at the age of 79. John is
well-known as a QSL Manager and avid DXer. OPDX and its
readers would like to send out our deepest sympathy to
John's family and friends. He will be dearly missed.
SPECIAL EVENTS BY W1AW. The Maxim Memorial
Station W1AW has scheduled two Special Event operations during
the month of December.
Look for W1AW to be on the air December 3-7th to honor
the 80th anniversary of the 1921 Transatlantic tests.
Listen for W1AW/80 on many HF and VHF bands (including
satellites).
W1AW also will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the
first Amateur Radio satellite--OSCAR I--launched into
orbit on December 12, 1961. W1AW will be on the air as
W1AW/40 December 10-14 on as many of the active
satellites as possible.
A special QSL card will be available for contacts or listener
reports on both events. QSL requests for W1AW/80 and W1AW/40 go
to: W1AW, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111. Include a
self-addressed, stamped envelope or the appropriate number of
IRCs with each request.
SPECIAL MARCONI EVENT. Look for stations KPH
and K6KPH to be on the air December 12, 2001, to help celebrate
the 100th anniversary of the first wireless signal to cross the
Atlantic, received by Marconi on December 12, 1901, at St. John's
Newfoundland. Station K6KPH will be active beginning at 1700z on
amateur radio frequencies: 3545, 7050 and 14050 kHz. Radio
station KPH will begin operations at 0000z on December 13th,
transmitting on commerical frequencies 500 and 450 kHz (with most
of the activity on 500 kHz). Both stations will use the original
transmitters, receivers and antennas of famous ex-RCA coast
station KPH. The transmitters are located at the transmitting
station founded by the American Marconi Co. in 1913 at Bolinas,
CA. The receivers and operators will be at the KPH receiving
station about 20 miles north at Pt. Reyes, CA. Amateurs and
shortwave listeners are invited to contact or monitor KPH and
K6KPH. Maritime stations may call KPH on 500 kHz.
KPH reception reports may be sent to: Tom Horsfall, 1862
Tulare Ave., Richmond, CA 94805, USA
K6KPH reception reports maybe sent to: Dick Dillman 435 Utah St.,
No. 4, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
For more information, check out the Maritime Radio Historical
Society Web site at: http://www.radiomarine.org.
SPECIAL MARCONI EVENT. Look for special
station IR7GM during the weekends of December to celebrate the
100th anniversary of Guglielmo Marconi's first Transatlantic
wireless transmission. Activity will be on CW/SSB on all HF bands
including the WARC bands. QSL to IK7JWX via the bureau or direct.
SPECIAL PREFIXES. A special event prefix has
been authorized to be used by all Canadian Radio Amateurs to
commemorate the 100th anniversary of Guglielmo Marconi's first
Transatlantic wireless transmission. This special event prefix is
sponsored by Radio Amateurs of Canada. The special prefixes
assigned to this special event will be: VX for VE's, VG for VA's,
XJ for VO's and XK for VY's. Canadian amateurs can use these
prefixes between December 12, 2001 to February 12, 2002.
TI9, COCOS ISLAND. Bill, AK0A, reports that
they still need two more operators to join their DXpedition. For
details on the DXpedition and on how to join the operation, check
the Web page at: http://www.qsl.net/ti2hmg/cocos.htm.
V7, MARSHALL ISLANDS. Steve, 3D2SJ, who has
been recently active from Tarawa, West Kiribati, as T30ED, will
move on to Marshall Island. He will be active as V73ED between
December 6-13th. His band/mode activity was not mentioned, but on
T30 he was active on 20 meters SSB. QSL via 3D2SJ: Fr. Steve
Dives MSC, P.O. Box 1354, Suva, Fiji Islands.
VP8, SOUTH SANDWICH AND SOUTH GEORGIA ISLANDS.
In the ANAN News, Marty Betts reports that a group of hams have
chartered a New Zealand vessel, registered under the name
"Braveheart", for part of the 2001-2002 season, to
conduct operations from South Sandwich Islands as well as South
Georgia early next year. The group, which has received permission
from the proper governments of South Georgia and the South
Sandwich Islands for the operation, is hoping to make in an
excess of 100,000 QSOs with hams around the world in the second
half of January and early February. The twelve operator team ,
who are reportedly from Canada, Ireland, The Netherlands,
Switzerland and the United States, are to assemble in Port
Stanley during the first half of January, and leave there on the
"Braveheart" for island operations around the middle of
that month. The team expects to be active January 18th from the
former manager's villa at the old Husvik whaling station on the
central north coast of South Georgia for about a week. After
their activities at Husvik, they will again depart on the
"Braveheart" on January 25th for the island of Southern
Thule some 500 km to the southeast, near the southern end of the
South Sandwich Islands chain. They expect to be active between
January 28th and February 3rd. List of operators, QSL
information, bands and modes of operation were not provided at
this time.
YA, AFGHANISTAN. In OPDX.538, we mentioned
that well-known DXer Peter Casier, ON6TT (aka 5X1T), was in
Afghanistan and not be surprised if he would try to obtain
permission to operate. Well, on November 21st Peter was heard as
YA/ON6TT/M operating in a convoy and later in the week the
foreign ministry of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (Northern
Alliance) issued the callsign YA5T, which can be used on all
bands by Peter/ON6TT, Matts/SM7PKK and Robert/S53R. The
"Good News" is Wayne Mills, N7NG/1, Manager of the
Membership Service Dept for the ARRL, reports: "The DXCC
Desk has received acceptable documentation for YA5T operated by
ON6TT, S53R, SM7PKK or ON4WW. The documentation is for QSOs made
November 20, 2001 and after. No other callsigns or operations
have been approved as of this date." Also, a press release
on Tuesday, November 27th by Peter states, "The YA5T license
is now secured and approved by the DXCC for with S53R, SM7PKK,
ON4WW and ON6TT as operators. The team members all work for the
United Nations World Food Programme. Only Peter, ON6TT, is in
Afghanistan at the moment, though the other team members will
come in and out of Afghanistan as per requirements by their
organization. So for the first couple of weeks or months, the
operators will operate after their normal work duties, in smaller
scale ham operations. Their work demands are very heavy and the
living and working conditions are not always favourable. Peter is
expected to be on the air in the evenings local time, as of
November 28th, out of Kabul. He will be flying out of Kabul by
the end of the week, but should be back into Afghanistan a week
later. At this moment, due to cargo restrictions on the
humanitarian flights, the equipment will be low power only, with
limited antennas, restricting pileup operations to the main
stream bands. Once the working conditions and security
arrangements allow it, the team will mount a much larger scale
operation. The license has no time restriction, and allows the
team to operate from anywhere in Afghanistan from 160m up to SHF,
with power up to 500W..... The earlier operation of YA/ON6TT/M
(the callsign that was to be approved by the authorities, but
later changed) is not valid for DXCC. Any contributions coming
with the QSL cards will be used for humanitarian projects within
Afghanistan." Peter was spotted early Sunday (December 2nd)
morning operating on 21295 khz between 1300-1430z. He was also
heard on 28495 kHz working Europe just before going to 15 meters.
The QSL Manager for YA5T is KU9C. The QSL process has been
coordinated between Peter and the Northern California DX
Association (NCDXF). The NCDXF is providing financial assistance
involving QSL expense and perhaps some additional help as
conditions warrant. Bruce, WD4NGB, has set up a Web page for this
operation with more info and pictures. Please visit it at: http://www.qsl.net/ya5t.
There is also indications that Marcel, F6EKD, has been given oral
permission to operate as YA/F6EKD. He will obtain the proper
written license and hopes to receive a proper YA callsign.
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