The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 559 BID: $OPDX.559 April 22, 2002 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
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VK2SOB and ZL4HU/ZL2HU for the following DX information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 14/April, through
Sunday, 21/April there were 235 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I,
4U1U, 4W, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R,
9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A6, A7,
A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE0Z, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT,
CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, E4, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL,
EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G,
GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL,
HM, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J2, J7, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW, JX,
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, S2, S5, S7, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9, T30,
T7, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TI9, TK, TL, TR, TU, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9,
UK, UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK0M, VK9L, VK9M, VK9N,
VP2E, VP2M, VP5, VP8, VP8/h, VP8/o, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW,
XX9, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB,
ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, 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. Carlos, 4W/CU3FT, was active
this past weekend on 17 and 12 meters. Watch around 24945 kHz a
little before 1500z and 18142 kHz around 1330z. Also, Thor,
4W6MM, was active this past weekend on 15 meters RTTY. Watch
around 21082 kHz after 0400z.
A25, BOTSWANA. You still have a few days to
work Baldur/DJ6SI and Hans/DL1YFF as A25/homecall. Their activity
has been on 160-10 meters CW (DJ6SI only) and SSB/RTTY (DL1YFF).
QSL via their home callsigns.
DU1, PHILIPPINES (IOTA Op). Gerard,
F2JD/G0SHN, and Yannick, F6FYD, will be active from an island for
the Calamian group (OC-090). They will be there from April
26-29th. Operations will be 100 watts and with a dipole on SSB
and CW as DU1/G0SHN. QSL via F6AJA.
DXCC NEWS. Jay/AF2C and Stu/WA2MOE, reported
this week that the ARRL has notified Kan, JA1BK, that the VP6DI
operation has been accepted for DXCC credit. Cards may be
submitted on or after June 1, 2002.
FP, ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON. Linda/VE9GLF and
Len/VE9MY will be active from here at the end of July. They will
take part in the IOTA Contest. FP's IOTA is NA-032.
HS, THAILAND (WARC bands). Ray Gerrard,
HS0/G3NOM, reports that "Thai WARC allocations now in legal
limbo. Unlikely to be assigned for another two years." Ray
writes, "The Thai Post and Telegraph Department (PTD) of the
Ministry of Transport and Communications responsible for amateur
radio administration has already agreed in principle to the
assignment of the WARC band to amateur radio services. In recent
years they have moved other users out of these bands. However,
all significant changes to telecommunications rules, regulations
or laws in Thailand are now on hold, pending the establishment of
a National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) that the 1997 Thai
Constitution had mandated to be appointed not later than October
2000. This process was delayed, however, after the Thai Upper
House, the Senate, rejected all those nominated to the commission
after allegations that there had been irregularities in the
selection process. (The Senate had been charged with selecting 7
of 14 nominees to this all-powerful body.) Since then, the
process has been derailed and while PTD has been looking after
the best interests of radio amateurs in Thailand, it is unable to
make changes to frequency assignments. At the time of writing, it
is unknown when the commission will be appointed or when it can
begin to take decisions, but informed sources in Thailand's
telecommunications sector doubt that the body will be established
within one year, while a decision by the commission on a
relatively low-priority item such as WARC band allocations would
take additional time as a backlog of legislation grows. RAST now
estimates that it will be at least two years before we can expect
WARC bands or any other amateur bands to be authorized in
Thailand and the society will release any news of positive
developments to the international amateur community."
IOTA NEWS...
AS-017. Shigeru, JI3CEY/6, will be
active from Okinawa Island, April 27-30th. Activity will
be on 40/20/17/12/10/6 meter SSB and CW. QSL via the JARL
bureau, not direct to home callsign.
AS-079. Taka, JR3TVH, will be active as
JR3TVH/6 from April 27th through May 2nd from Miyako
Island, MIYAKO-gun (county), Miyako Archipelago, Okinawa
Island. Activity will be on 40, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10
(custom HB9CV and Sigma 5) and 6 meters (F9FT) with SSB
as the main mode, but possibly other modes like RTTY. His
Yagi antenna will be kept pointed to the NW, N (if LP
open, SE). Look for him at JA gray zone centered from
2200z (morning) and 0700z (evening). QSL via the Bureau
(the best), or direct to: Taka Sawaguchi, 22-81-406
Fuseya 3, Izumi Osaka 594, Japan (QRZ.com and Buckmaster
online database).
EU-006. Members of Limerick Radio Club
will be active from the Aran Islands as as EJ0A from May
24-26th. Activity will be on 80-10 meters CW/SSB. A 6
meter operation is also planned. QSL via either EI8EM or
W2ORA direct or via Bureau.
EU-032. Look for Bernard, F5XX, to be
active as F5XX/p from Aix Island, May 13-20th. Other
reference numbers are AT-023 (French Islands Award) and
DFCF 17013 Fort de la Rade (French Castles award).
Activity will be on 80-10 meters CW/SSB. QSL are 100%;
Bernard prefers the bureau way, but if you try direct he
will answer too.
EU-091. Alfredo, IK7JWX, is waiting for
a reply from the military authority for permission to
operate from Isola di Sant'Andrea. If Alfredo receives
the permission, he and the "Salento DX Team"
will be active April 27th and 28th from Islola di
Sant'Andrea (IIA LE-01, WLH LH-0075 and ARLHS ITA-084).
QSL via IK7JWX.
EU-148. Bernard/F5XX and the Castres DX
Gang will be on the air as F5XX/p from May 23-27th, from
the Languedoc-Roussillon Region, Fort Brescou. Other
reference numbers are DIFM ME001 (French Islands Award),
DFCF 34001 (French Castles Award) and WLH 0500 (World
Lighthouses Award). The crew is composed of F5XX, F5AUB,
F5BJW, F5UOE and possibly 2 or 3 other hams may join
them, but they aren't known at the moment. Activity will
be on 160-10 meters CW/SSB/PSK31/RTTY. QSL 100% Bureau or
direct. ADDED NOTE: The crew will enter the CQ WPX CW
Contest as TM5B; Multi-Operators/One Transmitter/Low
Power.
IU7, ITALY (Special Prefix/Event). During the
weekends of June, August, October and December, look for the
special callsign IU7LE to be used by the Leece and Salento DX
Team to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the National A.R.I.
Activity will be on the HF and WARC bands CW/SSB. A special QSL
will be available via I7PXV, by the bureau or direct.
KH1, BAKER ISLAND. By the time you read this,
the KH1 team was expected to meet together in Los Angeles on
April 20th and depart to Nadi, Fiji Island. Some of the team will
fly to Funafuti, Tuvalu (T2), to operate for three days. The
whole team will once again meet and depart from Funafuti on April
26th and will arrive on Baker Island on April 29th or 30th and
operate until May 10th. They will take a six day voyage back to
Fiji and then fly to Los Angeles and finally onto the Dayton
Hamvention. The team will have six transceivers, five amplifiers,
four generators and a variety of beams, verticals and dipoles.
They have plans to operate on 160-6 meters CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK,
SSTV, FM and the satellites. The callsign will be announced when
the operation starts. QSL all CW, RTTY, PSK and SSTV QSOs via
YT1AD and all SSB QSOs via RZ3AA. Donations can be sent to Wil,
K6NDV. Their Web page is: http://www.kragujevac.co.yu/kh1.
KH9, WAKE ISLAND. It has been reported that
Terry, K7ASU, is expected to operate as K7ASU/KH9 starting around
April 27th for approximately 4 weeks. Apparently, he is there to
work, so he will be active in his spare time, most likely between
0700-0900z. QSL via K7ASU.
LIGHTHOUSE NEWS. The "Russian Robinson
Club" has introduced the "Russian Lighthouse
Award" on April 15, 2002. The official Web site for the
Russian Lighthouse award, which includes rules, lighthouse list,
award photos, DXpeditions valid towards the award and much more,
can be view at: http://www.hamradio.ru/rrc/rlha/.
OJ0, MARKET REEF. Look for Seppo/OH1VR and
Lars/OH0RJ to be active as OJ0VR, (if all goes as planned) May
8-9th. They will use 100 watts and a FD4 windom. This may be a
short 12 hrs operation. Their purpose for going there is to check
their generator and other equipment.
OX, GREENLAND. Look for Per, OZ1EQC, to be
active now through May 8th as OX/OZ1EQC. His activity will be on
80/40/30/20/15/10 meters on CW, RTTY, PSK31 and SSTV. He also has
plans to operate and activate Greenland's Coastal Islands Groups,
NA-134 (Northwest) and NA-220 (Southwest). QSL via OZ1EQC.
P5, NORTH KOREA (Going to 3W and HS). Ed,
P5/4L4FN continued to be active for a few days last week on 21225
kHz before becoming ill, so there was no weekend activity.
However, there will be no P5 activity during this week. Ed will
be on a trip to Vietnam and Thailand from April 23rd until May
4th. He may try to be on the air from those countries.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
The Radio Club Ushuaia will have the
special callsign AY8XW for the rest of 2002. The QSL
Manager for AY8XW is Patrick, WD9EWK, and he will accept
cards sent directly to him or through the QSL bureau.
PLEASE NOTE: Patrick is "NOT" the QSL Manager
for contacts with the normal club callsign, LU8XW. EA5BD
is the QSL Manager for these contacts with LU8XW. Patrick
has a Web page with information about AY8XW at: http://www.qsl.net/wd9ewk/ay8xw.html.
The radio club also has its own Web site at: http://www.geocities.com/rcushu/.
Steve, N3SL, announced that his
daughter, Kim, who has handled cards for AH1A, 3B6RF,
GM4YXI, GM3WOJ, and GS2MP, has been chosen by Pat, HH2PK,
to take care of his QSLs. Pat is no longer active (and
hasn't been since Jan 1998) and has moved from Haiti to
Canada. They received all of Pat's logs this past week,
which include contest logs, from April 1989 to November
29, 1997. Unfortunately, the December 1997 and January
1998 logs (his last 2 months on the air) were corrupted
and cannot be recovered. Cards will not be received from
the printer until mid-June, at the earliest. For an
on-line log search and specific instructions on QSL
requests, please go to the Web page: http://www.qsl.net/n3sl/manager.htm.
Since all new cards will need to be printed, any
donations to help with expenses will be appreciated.
Boris, T93Y, informs OPDX that some
operators have sent their direct requests for FG/T93M and
T93M/HI9 operations to T93M CBA (P.O. Box 59, Sarajevo
BA-71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina) instead of Danny's QSL
Manager, DJ2MX (Mario Lovric, Am Oelberg 11, D-61231, Bad
Nauheim, Germany). All requests received in Bosnia and
Herzegovina will be forwarded to DJ2MX once a month, so
those operators could expect some delay.
Larry, KJ4UY/V47UY, advises that he is
not the QSL Manager for V44NK, Karl Sage. QSL V44NK
direct only as they do not have a QSL bureau in St.
Kitts/Nevis. However, Larry is the QSL Manager for V47UY
only.
Luis, LU9XT, in Ushuaia, on the Island
of Tierra del Fuego in Argentina, informs OPDX that he
has designated Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK, as his QSL
Manager for cards sent directly or through the QSL
bureaus for him. His entries in QRZ.com and Buckmaster
now show WD9EWK as his QSL Manager, and the information
for WD9EWK is correct at those web sites as well as in
the Radio Amateur Callbook since 1997.
P5 QSL UPDATE. It been reported that
Bruce Paige, KK5DO, the QSL Manager for Ed Giorgadze,
P5/4L4FN in North Korea says he expects to receive the
first printing run of P5/4L4FN QSL cards this week and
hopes to have all QSLs out by May 1. As mentioned last
week, Bruce states that any stateside operator who mails
for a QSL after May 15 must include 37 cents postage to
cover the new first-class mail rate going into effect
June 30. He has received 2900 requests for the P5 QSL
cards, but Ed, P5/4L4FN, has made more than 6000 QSOs
during his stay in North Korea. Remember, Ed will be
there until June 2003 and only SSB contacts with P5/4L4FN
have been approved for DXCC credit.
VP6DI LOG UPDATE. The complete log is up
now. However, there was an interesting disppearance of
the log in the middle of last week. According to Jay,
AF2C, he was told by Kan, JA1BK, that apparently a
"hacker" managed to get into the Web site and
stole all the data. The site was down only
"temporarily". The restored logs can be viewed
at: http://www.iijnet.or.jp/JA1BK/vp6di/search.html.
Ken Holdom, ZL4HU (also ZL2HU), Group
Organizer/Team Leader/QSL Manager, reports that the
Kermadec DX Association is continuing to receive QSL
cards for the ZL8RI Raoul Island (May 1996) and ZL9CI
Campbell Island (January 1999) DXpeditions.
Unfortunately, a good number of these cards are being
sent to their old addresses in Wellington, New Zealand.
Their current address, as it has been since May 2000, is
as follows: Kermadec DX Association, P.O. Box 7, Clyde,
Central Otago, New Zealand. This will be the only QSL
address for their NEXT DXpedition to ZL7 in October 2002.
SPECIAL EVENT. Look for special event station
TM0AR to be active from May 1-13th to celebrate the International
Festival of Arts and Technologies (Departement 72). No bands or
modes of activity were provided. QSL via F5TJC via the bureau or
direct to: Jean-Louis BRIERE-LECOMTE, 18 Le Petit St Louis, 72400
CORMES, France.
SPECIAL EVENT (International Marconi Day).
Remember next Saturday, April 27th, is International Marconi Day.
Many stations should be active to celebrate this event. Look for
the Maritime Radio Historical Society to operate special event
station K6KPH using the original transmitters, receivers and
antennas of ex-RCA coast station KPH. Suggested frequencies will
be 7050, 14,050 and 21050 kHz and occasionally 3545 kHz. QSLs for
K6KPH and reception reports go to: D.A. Stoops, PO Box 381,
Bolinas CA 94924-0381. Also, remember Radio Austria International
will be operating as OE1M (Please refer to OPDX.557) or visit the
Radio Austria International Web site for details at: http://roi.orf.at/intermedia.
Their frequencies will be announced on the Web site. Operators
entering their call signs in the "QRZ" field will
immediately get a call on the band from OE1M.
SPECIAL EVENT AND ACTIVITY. The special
callsign VC3T has been assigned to Bob, VE3AGC, to celebrate the
50th Anniversary of the Ottawa Tulip Festival. This callsign is
valid from April 20th to May 19th, 2002. Bob and Sam, VE3XAP,
were operating the Ontario QSO Party over the past weekend and
were expected to activate several counties as follows: Hamilton,
Niagara, Halton, Wellington, Peel and Toronto, York, Simcoe and
Dufferin, with a possible extension to Durham. Expect activity to
be on 160-6 meters as well as 2 meters and 70cm.
SPECIAL GERMAN NAVAL AND AMATEUR EVENT. OPDX
has been informed that plans for a special event transmission
from DHJ61 (German Navy Communications School in
Flensburg-Muerwik) will take place May 4th at 1000z and May 5th
at 1500z. They will transmit a one-way broadcast (with historic
items about the German and International Naval Forces etc..) to
celebrate the 25th year jubilee of the MF Runde (German Amateur
Radio Club of ex-Naval Radio Operators) and 100 years of Naval
Communication School (also, the sad event of the closing of the
school in September 2002). Their transmit frequencies are: Main -
12410.5 and 8443.5 kHz Secondary - 5446 and 4576 kHz All
transmissions will be CW only. During these transmission, they
will be asking some questions where you can win prizes for
sending the correct answers to: MF Runde, Box 11 32 48, D-20432
Hamburg. During the DHJ61 operation, there will be two-way
amateur radio communications under the amateur radio callsign
DL0MFS. Suggested frequencies are:
CW - 3565, 7025, 14052, 18095, 21052 and 28052 kHz
SSB - 3625, 7060, 14335, 21360 and 28935 kHz
QSL cards can be sent via the amateur radio QSL bureau system
or direct to the callbook address for DL0MFS: Clubstation, c/o
Manfred Behrmann, Kurlandstr. 20, D-24960 Gluecksburg, Germany.
SV9, CRETE. Look for Seppo, OH1VR, to be
active April 22-29th as SV9/OH1VR/P. This operation will be CW
only. QSL via OH1VR, CBA.
V31, BELIZE. Hugh/K0GHK and Roger/WA0ETE will
be returning to Ambergis Caye (NA-073) April 23rd through May 2nd
using the callsign V31KQ. Look for them on both SSB and CW,
especially on the higher frequency bands. QSL via WA0ETE.
VK9ML, MELLISH REEF. Don, N1DG, VK9ML North
American Pilot, states that the activity began with 5 stations
coming on the air at 1000z April 15th, after a day of hectic
setup. Last report viewed stated their logs have been updated on
the Web site April 21th at 0917z. A low band report from Eric,
K3NA, states, "We listen for USA every night from 0830z and
SA at 0730z. Worked 1 HC8 but keep listening. QRN was a problem
first night, but reasonable since. Only have a few east coast in
log, many west coast, but no one has been really LOUD yet. We're
on continuously from 0800 to 1300z. We work a few JA's if there
are no US to work, but call again after a few minutes. Big EU
openings on 18th and 20th. 105 EU's in log. Openings as far as F
and ON, no G's yet. Openings seem to start with ON's and spread.
Today's EU opening (April 20) was from 1810 to 1940z. So tell
those top-band dogs to get their butts down there, line up, and
work us :-) ". There has been a revised and a progressive
shut down (QRT) which will now commence local Wednesday morning
with the intention to sail out on high tide Thursday. This is one
day earlier than previously advised, but it's still a two day
extension on the original QRT date! One HF station will be kept
running as long as possible while other equipment is being
de-rigged and packed around it. For up-to-date infor, watch their
Web page at: http://www.qsl.net/vk9ml/2002.
VK0, MACQUARIE ISLAND. Bob, VK2SOB, wants to
remind everyone to keep an ear out for Peter, VK0MQI. He worked
him on 17 meters with very poor propagation. He told Bob that he
would be there for 11 months. Cluster spots also show Peter has
been active on 15 and 10 meters, usually between 0430 and 0600z,
but with a weak signal. Watch 21210, 21295 and 28630 kHz.
VP9, BERMUDA. Look for Tom, W9AEB, to be
active as VP9/W9AEB until April 28th. Activity will be on 20-10
meters CW/SSB. QSL via WF9V.
YK, SYRIA. Saad, N5FF, informs OPDX that he
plans to leave for Damascus this Friday, April 26th, and will be
arriving there on Sunday, April 28th. He plans to setup a simple
station, bare foot into a short G5RV, hoping to be on the air
from May 1-11th. He may possibly extend his stay for few more
days up to one week. His callsign will be YK1BA. QSL via N5FF.
Saad states that the purpose of this trip is not radio, so his
operating will be very spotty and not extensive at all. He hopes
to be able to operate at least 2-3 hours a day. He is thinking he
will limit his operating to 20 meters, unless the propagation is
better on other bands (40-10 meters) at the time. He will work NA
around his sunrise local time, that's 0200-0300z, Europe and
others in the afternoon local, that's 1200-1300z, and late
evenings local, that's 2100-2200z. Saad will try to be around
14195 kHz on SSB, and 14045 on CW, split listening 5KHz up.
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