The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 556 BID: $OPDX.556 April 1, 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, ARRL Letter, NC1L, W3UR & The
Daily DX, WN3VAW, KJ4UY, N4AA & QRZ DX, K6GNX, AA7UC, AC7DX,
KL7AK, W7KEU, K8YSE, NE8Z, 4N1DX, DJ5JH, DJ2MX, DL1EK & DX
News Letter, DK1MAX, F5NQL & UFT, FJ5DX & La Gazette du
DX, HL1VAU, IK0DWN, IN3XUG, JI6KVR, LU1AEE, LU4BR, OZ1LQH, S53R,
SP5UAF, UT5RP, UY2UF, VA3RJ & ICPO, VE2XO, VE9DX and VU2SDN
for the following DX information.
SPECIAL NOTED FROM EDITOR: This week's
bulletin is being issued early because of the contest weekend and
holiday.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Saturday, 23/March, through
Saturday, 30/March there were 242 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4W,
4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5W, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A,
9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A4, A5, A6, A7, A9,
AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, CE, CE0A, CE0X, CE0Z, 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, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G,
GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, H40, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HC8, HI, HK,
HK0/a, HL, HM, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J5, J6, J7, J8,
JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH4, KH6, 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, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, SU,
SV, SV5, SV9, T30, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TI9, TJ, TK, TL,
TR, TT, TU, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE,
VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP6D, VP8, VP8/h, VP8/o, VP9,
VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XW, XX9, XZ, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN,
YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, ZD9, ZF, ZK1/s,
ZK2, ZL, ZP, ZS.
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain
"Pirate/SLIM" operations. As always, you never know -
"Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).
3XY, GUINEA (IOTA Op). Francois, VE2XO, will
again be active from Kassa Island (Los Islands, AF-051) as 3XY8A
from April 15-19th. He will be mainly active on SSB and PSK31 on
20 and 15 meters. Preferred SSB frequencies are 14195/14260 and
21295/21260 listening up 5 to 10 kHz. There will be some activity
also on 17 and 12 meters, and some possible activity on RTTY on
20 and 15 meters. He will be using 1KW (Acom 1000) into Sigma-5
and SVDA verticals by Force 12. QSL via home call.
5W0IR DXPEDITION UPDATE. Tommy/VK2IR and
Bruce/VK2KLM have been active during the past week mainly on
20/15/10 meters SSB. Activity will last until April 3rd. Watch
around 14195, 14226, 21295 and 28480 kHz. IMPORTANT UPDATE:
Tommy, VK2IR, at the last minute decided to go with a QSL
Manager. This will make QSLing easier, and quicker. The QSL
Manager for the 5W0IR DXpedition will be DJ2MX: Mario Lovric, AM
Oelberg 11, D-61231 Bad Nauheim, GERMANY (E-mail: dj2mx@qsl.net). Mario's address
is also good at QRZ.com. QSLing will be direct only, SAE - 1 new
IRC or 2 USDs to DJ2MX. ADDED NOTE: Mario, DJ2MX, informed OPDX
that if you already QSLed directly to Tommy's address in
Australia, you don't have to send additional card to DJ2MX, your
original request will be answerd as soon as the cards are out of
print. For more information about Tommy's DXpedition to Western
Samoa, please visit the two Web pages: http://www.qsl.net/va3rj/5w0ir.html
and http://www.dj2mx.com.
CORRECTIONS. Two weeks ago, under the heading
"XZ, MYANMAR" we mentioned that Warren Hill's callsign
was N7NG; this is an error, and we meant to correct it in last
week's bulletin. Warren Hill's correct callsign is K7WX. The
callsign N7NG is Wayne Mills, now at ARRL. (ed. We are getting
old and the mind is going! Just turned 50th - March
27th.....hihihihi) Also, we were informed by Max, UY2UF, that his
QSL route was incorrectly listed in OPDX.538 (under the NG3K CQ
WW DX CW Contest listing). UX2UF is not his QSL Manager. QSL
UY2UF to UY2UF.
4L, GEORGIA. Omari, 4L5O, will be active
in the CQ WW WPX SSB Contest. QSL Info K1WY.
AL1, USA. Ron, AC7DX, informs OPDX
readers to look for AL1G to be active in CQ WW WPX SSB
Contest. QSL via AC7DX.
CE, Chile. Ivan, CE4EBJ, Chairman of the
Southern Cross DX Group (SCDXG) provided the following
information on Chilean stations that will be active
during the 2002 CQWPX Phone Contest (all QSL route is via
homecall, except the last one):
There is an informative web page for CB4A at: http://www.qsl.net/cb4a.
Log will be posted there around 0500z, April 1st. The CB
Chilean prefix has been first issued to CE4USW especially
for this contest. Some rare prefixes such as 3G's and
XQ's will be on the air as well. All operators are
members of the Southern Cross DX Group, (SCDXG).
ET, ETHIOPIA. Paul, ET3PMW, plans to
operate in the CQ WPX SSB Contest as a 10 meter station.
QSLs go to the regular manager W7KEU.
IR, ITALY (IOTA Op). Walter, IN3XUG,
reports that he will be active from Ischia Island (IA
NA-001) now through April 2nd. He will participate in the
CQ WW WPX Contest as IR3Z. Outside of the contest he will
sign IC8/IN3XUG. Activity will be on SSB around the IOTA
frequencies. QSL via IN3XUG, either the bureau or direct.
L20, ARGENTINA. Oscar, LU5EVK, will use
the special callsign L20E in the CQ WPX SSB Contest. QSL
via bureau or direct (ok in QRZ.COM). Oscar, LU5EVK, is a
very active member of the LU-CG "LU CONTEST
GROUP".
For additional information, check out
the listing of announced operations on a Web page
provided by Bill, NG3K, at: http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/wpxs2002.html.
DXCC NEWS. The "ARRL Letter"
reports this week: "The ARRL DXCC Desk has announced that
the 2001 DXCC Yearbook is currently being assembled and should be
ready for mailing sometime in late May or early June. The period
for the Annual List in this issue is from October 1, 2000, to
September 30, 2001. 'If you submitted an application postmarked
during this period and you are a current ARRL member, you are
entitled to one free copy,' said ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Moore,
NC1L. 'You are also entitled to one free copy if you qualified
for the DXCC Honor Roll during this period and were an ARRL
member, even if you did not submit an application.' Those not
eligible for a free copy may order one (or more) from the DXCC
Branch after June 1. Copies are $5 each, postpaid. For more
information, contact the DXCC Desk, dxcc@arrl.org.".
HC8, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. Pedro/HC1OT and
Alfredo/HC1HC will be operating from HC8 now through about April
2nd. They were due to leave from Quito March 26th to join the
HC8N contest group. Here is the QSL info for the following
stations:
AS-045. Per Jean-Louis, 6W6JX, the Dakar
Radio Club will be active from Goree Island now through
April 1st. No callsigns were provided. QSL accordingly
per the instructions by the operator.
AS-093. Operators Han/HL1VAU, Han/DS2GOO
and Chae/DS5BSX will be active between April 4-7th from
Taehuksan Island (Main Island of Huksan Archipelago).
They will sign homecall/4. Activity will be on 40-10
meters CW/SSB using wire antennas. HL1VAU will
concentrate on CW. They expect to have two stations
active simultaneously. QSL for HL1VAU/4 is via homecall
and other operators QSL via DS2GOO. More detailed
information and a log search will be available at: http://www.qsl.net/hl1vau/as093/.
AS-152. Look for operators Vasily,
UA0QMN/p, and Alexej, UA0QHZ/p, to be active from Bolshoy
Begichev Island now through April 2nd. QSL via Eugene,
RZ3EC, direct or bureau.
AS-155. The team will sign BV9K and
BV2B/9 from Kuei-San Island (Turtle Hill Island) now
through April 1st. Activity will be on HF CW and SSB plus
6 and 2 meters. Team members include BV1ED, BV2AH, BV2KI,
BV2KS, BV2NT, BV2QB, BO2AB/2, BM2AAL, BM2ACE, BX4AF,
BV4AS and BV5DL. QSL via BV2KI.
NA-NEW. Operators Rick/KL7AK,
Blaine/KL7TG, Linda/NL7RE, Larry/KF6XC and Jim/K9PPY will
activate Deer Island, part of the Southern Alaska
Peninsula West group, an unnumbered IOTA island group.
They will use the callsign KL7AK. They are projecting
they will be on the island late in the evening on the
31st of July, UTC, until mid-afternoon on the 5th of
August, UTC. Their main station will be a Kenwood
TS-570S(G) HF transceiver with an Ameritron AL-80A amp,
using a Mosley Mini-33 tri-band Yagi up about 30 feet. A
Cushcraft R-7000 will be used for 40 and 80 meters.
Rick/KL7AK, has found during his many Alaska island
DXpeditions that 20 meters is the optimum band, there in
Alaska. They normally have propagation up to 20 hours a
day. However, they will operate 80-10 meters, both SSB
and CW, including the AO-27 and UO-14 Amateur Satellites.
They will operate on or near the IOTA frequencies on each
band. The QSL Manager is Fred Stenger, N6AWD, good in the
callbook/Internet databases.
OC-032. FK8HC/p was expected to be
active from Puen Island (DIFO FK067) from March 29-31st.
JD1, OGASAWARA. Look for operators
JM3FVL/JD1, JG4LSR/JD1, JL4CVB/JD1, and JE5DTS/JD1 to be active
from Ogasawara Islands (AS-031) from April 28th to May 4th.
Activity is planned to be on CW and SSB on all bands. QSL to home
callsigns.
PIRATE ALERT. Station signing BS7H/BA1HAM was
a work of a pirate. The real BA1HAM, OM Chen, has confirmed this
with Max, DK1MAX.
PSK31 CONTEST. It has been announced that the
1st Annual CQC PSK Contest will be held on May 11, 2002. It is
sponsored by the Colorado QRP Club. For more details and info,
check the following Web site: http://www.cqc.org/contests/index.htm.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
Zik, 4N1DX, informs OPDX that he will be
moving to Canada from Serbia in April. PLEASE NOTE: You
will still be able to send QSL cards via bureau, and all
cards will be handled by members of RC Zemun (Radio
Section Ugrinovci), YU1AVA. Their direct address is: RC
Zemun, PPS Ugrinovci, Beogradska 1, 11277 Ugrinovci,
Yugoslavia. Zil mentions that around 700 QSL cards will
be answered via the bureau very soon. PLEASE do not send
QSL cards to K1WY/ON4CAT. The YU bureau is still OK or
direct to YU1AVA.
Tom, SP5UAF, informs OPDX that he has
met Mirek, SP5IXI (aka-7X0DX). Mirek has given Tom the
log files, and now the 7X0DX log is on-line and available
at: http://www.7x0.sp5zcc.waw.pl/ (just
follow the links) Tom also has an updated photo page and
information about Mirek's activity. By the way, Mirek
does not know if he will vist 7X again, but it is
possible.
Ron, WN3VAW, reports that Willy, EL7X,
who was active in the early 1990's, is now PA0WWV. Willy
tells him that he still has the logs and will QSL via
bureau or direct (1 USD for postage) for anyone who still
needs his card.
Roberto, LU4BR, President of the Radio
Club Argentino (LU4AA), informs OPDX that all QSL cards
for the LU80AA/D (IOTA SA-055 - LH ARG 045) operation
have been released both direct and via the bureau.
Please QSL V47UY or KJ4UY to his new
temporary address at: Lawrence (Larry) W. Wolf, 4330
Mahogany Run, S.E., Winter Haven, Florida 33884-2945. All
QSLs have been answered to date, so if you have not
received a return QSL, please resubmit it to this
address. All DX journals and reflectors, please pass this
on to our ham friends. When Larry moves again, he will
pass on the new address, but he will be in this apartment
for a couple of months.
Marco, IK0DWN, informs OPDX that he
finally received a YE8I QSL card (which he sent via the
bureau and received it direct) from Syam, YB8NA, the QSL
Manager for the 1995 IOTA operation. However, with the
card there was a note apologizing for the delay. Syam is
asking to spread the following message: "My very
apologize the QSL delayed. I hope it is not tie up your
IOTA program. But it's desirable to inform you that in 3
years of the last time, the situation of my district area
is unsafe, chaotic which is sometime critical, explosive,
no DXing or another activities on the VHF or HF bands. In
the meantime, I have never forget our amateur radio
friends who is need of the YE8I's QSL. Thanks God, it's
now over from last month. My other need is you would like
give me understood and also to inform other friends about
this. Many thanks for all. Greetings from Palu City,
Central Sulawesi. God bless us. De Syam, YB8NA."
SILENT KEY. Gene Willbanks, N5BLK, an INDEXA
staff member, became a Silent Key on Thursday, March 21, 2002. As
an INDEXA staff member, Gene participated daily in the INDEXA
Information Session on 14236 kHz at 2330z. Gene, along with
fellow staff members, provided QSL routes and DX information to
the amateur radio community. In addition to his contributions to
the DX community, Gene was an active County Hunter who especially
enjoyed HF mobile operation, helping many amateurs to contact new
counties for their USACA award. Gene will be missed by his
family, his INDEXA colleagues, and radio amateurs around the
world.
SPECIAL EVENT. The world famous writer Hans
Christian Andersen was born on April 2nd, 1805. Each year from
2000 to 2004 the special call OZ5HCA will be used to celebrate
his birthday during the week of April 2nd. In 2005 OZ5HCA will be
used during the entire month of April. This year OZ5HCA will be
active from April 1st through April 7th. OZ3FYN has made an award
to celebrate this event. The award has a picture of the house
where Hans Christian Andersen lived as a child, and it will be
signed by the mayor of Odense. The rules are as follows: You must
work OZ5HCA once on three different bands. All modes count. The
price of the award is 3 USD or 3 IRC. Send application (GCR list)
and green stamps to the following address. OZ3FYN, P.O. Box 134,
DK-5100 Odense C, Denmark.
SPRINGTIME DX MEETING. Wolff, DJ5JH, would
like to inform the readership of OPDX, that the 2002 springtime
DX meeting of the South German DX Group (SDXG) takes place in
Oetisheim near Karlsruhe/Germany on Saturday, April 27th, at 1330
CET. All interested DXers are invited to join the meeting. For
further information, please visit: http://www.sdxg.net.
VU PIRATES. Sahruddin, VU2SDN, President of
the Amateur Radio Society of India, informs OPDX that their QSL
Bureau has been receiving a very large number cards of pirated
stations using Indian callsign series. Accordingly, it is
requested that widest publicity be given to the fact that only
the following callsigns are being authorized by the Indian
Administration:
Callsigns beginning with VU2 followed by 2 or 3 letters
and VU3, followed by 3 letters are only valid.
Contest callsigns are AT0, AT2 and AT3, followed by 1 or
2 or 3 letters.
Since there is a blanket ban on operations from Andaman,
Nicobar and Lakshdeep Islands, callsign VU4 and VU7 have
not be assigned to anyone since 1992.
Callsigns with prefixes like AU to AW, VT, VV to VW and
8T to 8Y are not authorized callsigns.
They have received a few hundred cards from several countries
indicating QSOs with amateurs using the above prefixes as well as
VU4 and VU7. In addition to the above info, radio amateurs, as
well as QSL Bureaus, please be informed that the following big
time DXers do not accept Bureau cards: VU2AU, VU2DX, VU2FOT,
VU2TMP, VU2TRI, VU2WAP and VU2XX. The Amateur Radio Society of
India will be grateful if appropriate publicity is given to the
above information.
VP6 OPERATIONS. The VP6DI team went QRT on
March 26th around 1530z. It was announced that they made about
52,000 QSOs. The team travelled to Henderson Island for the IOTA
enthusiasts and stayed about two days. The operators used their
own VP6 callsign on Henderson. The last report, they made over
2000 QSOs. The IOTA designations for Ducie is OC-182 and
Henderson is OC-056. Per a press release, "logs will not
appear on the web site until a later date. Please don't
panic." Also a reminder that Ducie QSL cards are via VE3HO
(JA1BK for six meters). They added that the QSL cards will not be
available at Dayton.
XR0X, SAN FELIX. The XR0X team closed down
operations at 1415z on March 26th. The last QSO was with W8WFN.
The total number of QSOs is just over 70,000. The XR0X team
arrived back in Santiago on March 28th. Everyone was fine. They
ask to please not send the team members E-mails to check the
logs. The corrected logs will be posted on-line in a few days on
the DXpedition's Web site: http://cordell.vwh.net/SFX/.
YA, AFGHANISTAN (YA5T Update). Robert, S53R,
informed OPDX that on the 26th of March he left Kabul to
Islamabad and will continue to Dubai, from where he will be
travelling home for a break. He states, "Last two months
have seen quite some activity from YA5T, since Mark and myself
were there. Peter also came for a short visit, but working
comittments kept him from operating. There are 22,571 QSOs in
total made from Kabul in January, February and March. Mark was on
a 10 day trip to Fayzabad, in one of the most remote places in
Afghanistan and made additional 404 QSOs from there. And as you
know, Peter initially made over 2000 Qs in December. We will be
back in Afghanistan starting May, so get ready for more activity.
The YA5T logs are now up-to-date on Andy's, VE9DX, Web page at: http://www.ve9dx.com/ya5t/ya5t.html.
ADDED NOTE: QSL Manager Steve, KU9C, informed OPDX that there was
a pirated YA5T operation on March 27th around 0200z or so.....
that was the work of SLIM...per a note from Mark, ON4WW.
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