The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 545 BID: $OPDX.545 January 14, 2002 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, W3UR & The Daily DX, N4AA
& QRZ DX, WB4PVT, KI6T, ND5S, N6DHZ, K8YSE, N0NM, CE6TBN,
CT1END, DL1EK & DX News Letter, DL2RUM, E21EIC, F6AJA &
LNDX, F8BBL, LA8AJA, PA9JJ, VA3RJ & ICPO, VK1AA, VK4FW and
YT1AD for the following DX information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 6/January, through
Sunday, 13/January there were 228 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3D2/r, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4W, 4X,
5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5V, 5W, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A,
9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9U, 9V, 9Y, A3, A4, A5, A7, A9,
AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C6, CE, CE0A, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU,
CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES,
ET, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FH, FJ, FK, FM, FP, FR, FW, FY, G, GD, GI,
GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR,
HS, HZ, I, IS, J2, J6, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0,
KH2, KH4, KH5, 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, PY0F, PZ, R1FJ, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T2,
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, VP8, VP8/h, VP8/o, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XZ, YB, YI, YJ,
YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD9, 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).
4W, EAST TIMOR. Thor, 4W6MM, continues to be
active almost every weekend. This past weekend he was on 40/20/15
meters. He was heard on 21002 kHz around 0900z calling CQ with no
takers before he moved to 7006 kHz after 0915z. From 1300-1330z,
he was on 20 meters CW on 14002 kHz before moving to 14195 kHz
and operated until 1450z.
8Q, MALDIVES. Denise, F6HWU, will be active
from here between January 23rd and February 7th. She will be
active mostly on CW. No other details were provided.
A5, BHUTAN. Ray, G3NOM, was heard active as
A52OM over the past weekend. The length of his activity is
unknown, but he was on 14009, 21025 and 21251 kHz during the
period of 1300-1430z. QSL via G3NOM.
C5, THE GAMBIA. Jan, PA9JJ, announces that he
will go on a little DXpedition to The Gambia. He will be there
from April 15-29th, and will be staying in the Senagambia Hotel
in Kololi. Jan will be asking for the callsign C56JJ upon his
arrival in Banjul, but he is not 100% sure if he will get this.
He will try to operate on 80/40 meters and the WARC bands mainly
on SSB but also the other bands and some CW. There will be no
RTTY and no topband operations. His rig will be the FT-100
running 100 watts and a multiband dipole antenna. Jan is actually
on holiday, so no 24 hour activity. Logs will be available on his
web site after returning at: http://www.qsl.net/pa9jj. QSL via PA9JJ.
Please include a greenstamp if QSLing direct.
CLUB OFFICERS FOR 2002. It was announced that
the 2002 officers for the "Mother Lode DX/Contest Club"
are:
Ray Parker, ND6S - President
Dick Wilson, K6LRN - Vice President
Gary Stilwell, KI6T - Secretary/Treasurer
Ron St. Jean, KG6CMS - Director
Rick Casey, W6RKC - Director
DU1, PHILIPPINES. Larry, N6HPX, will be going
on vacation again to the Manila area and plans to operate from
there as N6HPX/DU1. He plans to be active on 20-6 meters. This
should take place after January 15th. He plans to also operate on
6 meters since it has been hopping the last few weeks and hopes
to listen around 50.125-260 Mhz. He will also devote more time to
the other bands like 17, 15, 12 and 10 meters as well. The QSL
mailing route is: Larry Fields, 1207 E.Victoria Ct., San Pablo,
Calif., 94806 USA. QSLs can also be sent via the W6 bureau, or
through the PARA, the Philippines Amateur Radio Association. He
will respond to all as soon as he receives them. This trip is
again a vacation, and he will spend as much time as possible on
the air.
DU6, PHILIPPINES. Gerard, F2JD, who has been
in the DU-land, was active from Boracay Island (OC-129) as
DU6/G0SHN, but unfortunatly he made only a hundred contacts.
DU9, PHILIPPINES (160m Activity). Jon, N0NM,
is now active as DU9/N0NM from Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines,
and reports that he has installed an inverted L for 160 meters.
He is currently only running 100 watts with his Icom-756, but
hope to get an amp soon. Jon states that he is listening during
his sunrise and sunset. His sunrise is about 2130-2200z. This
past week he was also heard on 40 meters (7008 kHz) around 1315z.
QSL via W4DR.
FS, ST. MARTIN. Look for Ron/ND5S and
Sue/KF5LG to be active as FS/ND5S and PJ7/KF5LG between February
11-22nd. They will be staying on the Dutch side of the island
(see PJ7 below) but will venture to the French side of the island
during their stay. Activity will be on 160-10 meters, CW and RTTY
primarily with some SSB. QSL via their home callsigns, direct or
bureau. Ron's web page is at: http://www.qsl.net/nd5s.
IOTA NEWS...
SA-021. Memebers of the Argentina DX
Group will activate Bermejo Island, February 1-3th. Look
for operators LU1DK/D (Daniel), LU8EEM/D (Ruben), LU7DP/D
(Paty), LU7DR/D (Mauricio), LU7DSY/D (Carlos) and
LU8DWR/D (Osmar)to be active on
160/80/40/20/17/15/12/10/6/2 meters on CW/SSB. Equipment
will be Yaesus FT-757, FT-301, FT-101ZD and FT-840 for
HF, and Yaesus FT-212 and FT-2600 for VHF. Antennas are:
Directional Yagi for 20/15/10/6/2 meters; Vertical for
12/17/20/40 meters; Dipoles for 80/40 meters; and long
wire 160-40 meters. QSL via LU8DWR: Osmar Margoni,
P.O.BOX 22, 8103 ING. White, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA.
JW, SVALBARD. Andreas/LA8AJA and Jan/LA5QFA
will be active from here now through January 20th. Activity will
take place from the JW5E's club house in Longyear City, on 160-6
meters, CW/SSB and maybe some RTTY. Callsigns to be used will be
JW4X for 6 meters, else JW5QFA and JW8AJA. They will have a 6
meter beacon running 24 hours on 50080 kHz sending "JW4X
BEACON JQ78 + phone number". If you hear their beacon, they
want you to call them on the phone. LA8AJA's phone number is +47
95161006. LA5QFA's phone number is +47 41688884. They will
transmit on CW/SSB on 50145 kHz. QSL Manager for JW4X and JW5QFA
is LA6EIA via the bureau or direct to: Ole Forr, Frya, N-2647
Hundorp, Norway. QSL JW8AJA is via LA8AJA, bureau or direct.
LA8AJA's Web page has more information on this operation at: http://www.qsl.net/la8aja.
KH1, BAKER & HOWLAND ISLAND (Also T2).
Dr. Hrane Milosevic, YT1AD, informs OPDX that he has received
landing permission from United States Fish and Wildlife Service
(USFWS) and plans to activate Baker Island at the end of April.
The list of international operators are: YT1AD, YU1AU, YZ7AA,
RZ3AA, Z32AU, Z31FU, Z32ZM, K1LZ, K6NDV, N6TQS, KW4DA, AH6HY,
K3NA and possibly YU7AV, G3UML, YU1NR, YU1DX and W2YC. Part of
the team of operators will leave/depart on April 23rd from Port
Denarau-Nadi, Fiji, for a 6 day trip (1100 miles one way) to KH1
on the boat the "Princess II". Five of the operators
will leave Fiji by plane to Funufuti, Tuvalu (T2), to operate for
3 days before the "Princess II" arrives and picks them
up and refuels before they head to KH1. The team expectes to
arrive on KH1 on April 29-30th, and expect to be active by April
30th. Activity will last until May 10th. They will then return to
Fiji before heading to LA and onto the Dayton HamVention. The
callsign will not be announced until after their landing on KH1.
Activity will be on 160-2 meters with operations on
CW/SSB/FM/PSK/ RTTY/ SSTV/Satelite (144/28 MHz). Their list of
equipment include: 6 transceivers, 5 LPA (3 x ACOM 1000 + 2 x 400
W), 6 beams, 3 verticals, 2 dipoles, 2 beverage 320m, 2
generators 5 kW, 2 generators 2 kW, 1 km coax cable, 2 km wire, 1
km cord, 2000 l fuel, 120 anchors for support and 4 tents. Their
pilots are: VE3EXY and YU1AA. Their Web masters are: 4N1NM and
4N1FG. Total cost for this trip is about 80,000 USD, without op's
flying tickets. Any donations are welcome. For sending donations,
please contact Will, K6NDV, via E-mail at: k6ndv@contesting.com. QSL
all CW/RTTY/PSK/SSTV QSOs via YT1AD. For all SSB, QSOs QSL via
RZ3AA.
KH4, MIDWAY ISLAND. Tom, DL2RUM, informs OPDX
that after the cancellation of their trip to Midway last
September, they now have a new confirmed date for their activity
as KH4/DL7VFR and KH4/DL2RUM, March 3-16th. They will have two
stations active on 160-6 meters with operations on CW/SSB/RTTY.
PIRATE ALERT. Laurent, F8BBL, has informed
OPDX that someone has been using his callsign for the last two
months on CW, SSB, RTTY, and also on the DX PacketClusters
putting out bogus spots for YA, P5, VP8 and LU1 stations. He
states that he has written to the French REF Union Intruders
Commission and also has notified the French Regular
Telecommunication Authority (ART) and the French National
Frequencies Authority (ANF).
PJ7, ST. MAARTEN. Ron/ND5S and Sue/KF5LG will
again be active from Dutch St.Maarten as PJ7/ND5S and PJ7/KF5LG
from February 11-22nd. Activity will be on 160-10 meters, CW and
RTTY primarily with some SSB. Ron will be active in the ARRL CW
DX Contest SOABLP. Ron states that over 8,000 peri-contest
contacts have been made from here in past years. QSL via their
home callsigns, direct or bureau. Ron's web page is at: http://www.qsl.net/nd5s.
PY0F, FERNANDO DE NORONHA. It was anounced
that Bill, W5SJ, plans to participate in the CQWW DX 160m CW
Contest from Andre's PY0FF QTH at the end of January. He will be
there between January 23-29th. Activity is planned before and
after the contest on all bands, mostly CW, with some SSB and 6
meter operations.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
Marco, CE6TBN, reports that he has a new
QSL Manager. His new QSL Manager is N1IBM (he managed
Marco's QSOs from 1999, including his CE6TBN/7 SA-018
opration 2000-2001). QSL CE6TBN via N1IBM: Morris E. Maze
III, 847 Dolan St., Lanoka Harbor, NJ 08734 USA.
Special event station HS1BK, which was
active this past weekend to celebrate the 89th
anniversary of the historical Siam Radio Telegraph
Building (HS-BK), should be QSLed to E21EIC: Champ C.
Muangamphun, P.O.Box 1090, Kasetsart Bangkok, 10903
THAILAND.
NOT THE QSL MANAGER. Bill, K0DEQ,
reports that he is NOT the QSL Manager for KP2J.
OD5NJ/p activity was by OD5NJ (Gabi) and
EA5BYP (Elmo) operating from Ramkin Island (AS-108). QSL
via K1WY.
QSL Manager Bill Horner, VK4FW, would
like to remind everyone that his old "P.O. Box
929" address will totally cease operation as of
April 2002. Currently, he is having his mail forwarded up
until then. The new P.O. address is: P.O. Box 1343,
Maroochydore, 4558, Australia. It takes approx. 4 weeks
for mail to be forwarded from the old address. He would
appreciate it if this was spread far and wide to ensure
that there are no problems with QSLing turnarounds etc.
SPECIAL EVENT. Look for the Brazilian special
event callsign ZX2F to be used now through February 12th, during
a Ham radio public demonstration and during the big Fig Festival
held annualy in Valinhos/SP - Brazil. The operators will be
running a full equipped station on all bands/modes in order to
celebrate the event and also to introduce the local people to the
ham radio hobby. Special attention will be given to the WARC
bands. A colored QSL card will be available via PY2AE (qrz.com)
after the event.
V5, NAMIBIA. Klaus, DJ4SO, will be operating
as V5/DJ4SO from Janaury 16th through February 6th. He will be a
guest on a farm near Windhoek. Activity will be on 160-10 meters
on CW/RTTY and possiblly a little SSB and 6 meters. QSL via the
bureau or direct. For bureau QSLs, you can E-mail your QSO info
to: dj4so@darc.de.
VK9 MELLISH OPERATORS WANTED. Nick, VK1AA,
informs the DX community this past week that the VK9M team is
looking for 1 CW and 1 CW/low band operator to join them for
their expedition approximately April 10-25th. If you are
interested, contact Nick via E-mail at: vk1aa@qsl.net.
VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. John/G4RCG,
Ray/VK4BRC and Bruce/KI7VR are planning to be active from North
Caicos Island using the callsigns VP5/homecalls between January
20th and February 2nd. Their activities will include operations
on 160-10 meters and also an entry in the CQWW 160m CW Contest on
January 25-27th. QSL via homecalls.
VP8/SG & VP8SS DXPEDITION UPDATE. As this
was being written, the whole South Sandwich and South Georgia
DXpedition team was expected to meet at at Port Stanley, Falkland
Islands, and should have departed on the vessel
"Braveheart" to head to South Sandwich Islands on
January 12th. This will be a 7 to 8 day voyage, so we may hear
them next weekend. Be listening for James, 9V1YC/MM, on 14025 kHz
between 0100-0200z for updates and news.
WEB SITE ANNOUNCED. The 2002 International DX
Convention now has a Web site at: http://www.qsl.net/visalia2002.
The International DX Convention is held each year in Visalia,
California USA. The year 2002 will be the 53rd year for the
convention and is presented this year by the Southern California
DX Club.
YA, AFGHANISTAN. Nick, G4KUX, has been active
as G4KUX/YA and usually on 20 meters. Reports indicate that he is
there working and setting up an international communication
network. Also reported is the ARRL has NOT received any
documentation from Nick. So WFWL. He is expected to be here for a
while. Watch 14198 kHz after 0330z.
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