The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 564 BID: $OPDX.564 June 3, 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, K2PF, N3SL, NG3K, W3UR & The
Daily DX, K4QD, KQ4YI, N4AA & QRZ DX, W4DTA, W5IHN, K8YSE,
KU9C, DL1EK/DL7VOA & DX Newsletter, DL7ZZ, DU9RG, F5NQL &
UFT, FJ5DX & La Gazette du DX, G3XTT, G4OBK, G0LRX,
I1JQJ/IK1ADH & 425 DX News, IK2QPR, JI6KVR, JQ1SUO, LA8AJA,
OH3RM, OZ5MJ, VA3RJ & ICPO, VE2XO, VE3EXY, VK4AAR, VK6LC,
VK6LK, XE1BEF and ZL4AFM for the following DX information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 26/May, through
Sunday, 2/June there were 231 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4X,
5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A,
9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9U, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A6, A7,
A9, AP, BV, BY, 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, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI,
GJ, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HL, HM, HP, HR, HS,
HZ, I, IS, J2, J3, J6, J7, J8, JA, JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0,
KH4, KH6, KH8, KH9, 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,
PZ, R1MV, S2, S5, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T30, T7, T8,
T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TN, TR, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK,
UN, UR, V3, V4, V5, V7, VE, VK, VK0M, VK9L, VK9N, VP6, 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, 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).
3D2, FIJI ISLANDS. Ron, ZL1AMO, is once again
active from here as 3D2RW for about the next three weeks. He was
spotted this past weekend on 40, 20 and 15 meters CW between
1000-1200z. QSL via ZL1AMO.
4D70/DZ70, PHILIPPINES (Special Prefixes).
Robin, DU9RG, informs OPDX that from now through December 31,
2002, DU stations are authorized to use the special prefixes 4D70
(for individual callsigns) and DZ70 (for club callsigns). These
special prefixes have been authorized in connection with the
celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Philippine Amatuer
Radio Association (PARA).
5V, TOGO (Also TY possible). Francois, VE2XO,
informs OPDX that he will be active from Lome, Togo, as 5V7XO
from August 25-31st. He will be mainly active on RTTY and also on
SSB on 20/17/15/12/10 meters, operating split. Also, he may
possibly be active on 6 meters. Francois also mentions that he
may possibly be active from Benin (TY) (TBA later). He will be
using a 1KW (TS-850SAT, IC-706 MKIIG and Acom 1000) into a
Sigma-5 vertical, a Sigma-6M and a four-square Sigma-20 vertical
array. Thanks to Acom, BUX ComCO, Comtek and Force 12. QSL via
his home callsign.
BQ9P, PRATAS ISLAND DXPEDITION UPDATE.
Further information on the upcoming DXpedition to Pratas Island
(BQ9P) scheduled from June 4th to June 12th is as follows:
Rod/WC7N and Dick/N6FF have agreed to serve as pilot stations for
this operation. They can be reached for purposes of providing
information of value to the DXpedition at: bq9p-pilot@ku9c.com. The
team plans to operate the typical DXpedition frequencies. They
will make efforts to operate in the general class portions of the
20 and 15 meter bands.
CS0, PORTUGAL. An operation labeled as
"DXpedition SAGRES 2002" will take place July 5-7th
using the CS0RCL. Activity will be on HF, 50 MHz, 144 MHz, 432
MHz and 1296 MHz. The following reference numbers were provided:
Grid Square IM56MX, Fortresses F-054 and Lighthouse FAL-02. For
possible skeds, contact via E-mail at: ct1eps@netc.pt. QSL via the
Bureau to CS0RCL or direct to QSL Manager CT1EPS.
FO, FRENCH POLYNESIA. PAOLO, IK2QPR, will be
active as FO/IK2QPR from Bora Bora Island (OC-067) between August
10-14th. QSL via IK2QPR: Paolo Fava, via Bertani 8, 46100
Mantova, Italy.
HB, SWITZERLAND (Also S5). Roy, W6UKX, will
be active on most bands from Switzerland, June 12-22nd and from
Slovenia from June 24th-July 3rd. His callsigns were not
provided. QSL to his home callsign.
HK0, SAN ANDRES. Operators DH7WW, DK8YY,
DL2AKT, DL2OAP, DL3ALI, DL4ALI, DL4JS, DL4YY, DL7ZZ, DL8AKI and
HC2DX will be active from July 16-29th. They hope to get the
callsign HK0ZZ. Activity will be on 160-6 meters and the
satellites on all modes. They will also be active in the IOTA
Contest. QSL via DH7WW. Pilot-station is: DL3JJ@t-online.de.
HL70, SOUTH KOREA. Look for some Korean
amateurs to be using special prefixes until June 30th to
celebrate the 17th FIFA World Football (soccer) Cup. Operators
will drop their number designator for the number 17 (For example
HL3AMO will become HL17AMO). Also, club stations will replace the
zero (0) in their prefixes with 17.
IOTA NEWS...
AS-008. Look for 7N1JZT andJQ1SUO to be
active as 7N1JZT/1 and JQ1SUO/1 from Niijima between June
8-9th. Activity will be on 40-10 meters CW/SSB. QSL via
their home callsign.
AS-024. Look for JA0KNM/6, JA3MCA/6,
JJ1EQW/6 and JE3NJZ/6 to be active from Iriomote Island,
June 7-10th. Activity will be on 40-6 meters plus the
WARC bands on SSB and CW. QSL to their home callsign or
via the bureau.
EU-172. Jens, OZ5MJ, informs OPDX he
just received the new IOTA DIRECTORY where he read that
only about 22% have EU-172 confirmed. He lives on Fyn
Island (which belongs to the Jylland East and Fyn Island
Group) and is retired. He has lived on the island for 71
years and has been active since 1948. Jens states that he
is almost active 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365
days a year on SSB, CW and RTTY on 80-10 meters. Send him
an E-mail at moreau@post1.tele.dk
to request/suggest a frequency and time, and Jens will be
there. He does send QSLs 100% via bureau every 2 month to
his QSL bureau. So within a year you should have his QSL.
Do you want QSL direct? Then send him a letter to: Jens
Palle Moreau Jorgensen, Jaegerbakken 13, DK 5260 Odense
S, Denmark (Please include 1 USD, that's enough).
K1B QSO TOTALS. It has been reported that
Hrane, YT1AD, states that the K1B Baker Island DXpedition made
95,127 QSOs. This total includes 89,898 on CW/SSB, 4,708 on RTTY,
446 on PSK and 75 on SSTV.
KH9, WAKE ISLAND. You may only have a few
days left to work Terry, K7ASU/KH9. He is scheduled to leave this
week (actual date not sure). His activity will be PSK31 ONLY
between 0730-0930z. Bands will depend on propagation. QSL via his
home callsign.
OJ, MARKET REEF. Look for OJ0VR (CW/50MHz)
and OJ0U (SSB) to be active from Market Reef (IOTA EU-053)
between June 6-10th. Activity will be on 80-6 meters, CW/SSB. On
Friday there will be a short 2 hours break for genarator repairs
after 3 hours operation. Operators are Lasse/OH0RJ, Seppo/OH1VR,
Kauko/OH3KQ, Topi/OH3LO, Reino/OH3LG, Markus/OH3RM and
Mika/OH4YR. QSL via direct to OH1VR: Seppo Sisatto, Ojakatu 3 A
18, 33100 TAMPERE, fin 33100 Finland.
P5, NORTH KOREA. Ed, P5/4L4FN, is expected to
be more active this summer. He made his first 6 meter contact
this past week on May 26th with JJ2GAZ. Over the past week, Ed
has made some 100 QSOs on 6 meters (according to the KK5DO Web
site). He continues to be active on 15 meters SSB on 21225 kHz
usually after 2130z.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
3W6LC and 3W2LC (Special Attention).
Mal, VK6LC, reports that somehow in the system people are
sending his 3W QSLs via the bureau to K6LC. Larry Clark,
K6LC, is getting upset because of all the QSL cards being
received continuously via the ARRL bureau. The correct
QSL Manager is VK6LC and direct with return postage.
Please request the bureaus to send them back to the
originator not to "K6LC".
Jean Michel, F6AJA, reports that he has
received the DU1/G0SHN (OC-244 March, OC-090 April) cards
from the printer. The direct requests will be in the mail
as soon as possible.
Steve, N3SL, reports that printed QSLs
for HH2PK were received May 28th, and over 300 cards went
out May 29th. He mentions that they only confirmed the
single band/mode QSO, if there were multiple. Many people
sent requests for QSOs that were not in the log, so if a
QSO was not confirmed, it is for that reason. If there is
any doubt, the recipient should check the online log at: http://www.qsl.net/n3sl/manager.htm.
The donations received are greatly appreciated to assist
with the printing costs.
HH4/K4QD SUMMURY. Jan, K4QD, reports
that his trip to the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission
was very successful. Their mission team of 21 people
accomplished many things. Jan was able to operate ham
radio when not involved with other mission team projects.
He made 3486 Phone and RTTY contacts (322 on RTTY). The
QSL cards have been printed, and Jan has started to
respond to requests (4 feet of mail) in the order
received. To view some photos and the QSL card go to the
Florida DXPedition Group (FDXPG) web site at: http://www.geocities.com/w4wx1/.
For photos and information about the mission go to: http://www.nwhcm.org/.
Jan has provided the ARRL DXCC desk with a copy of his
license, and he hopes that he has provided many of you
with a new country or band/mode. If not, he is making
plans to return at a future date. QSL via K4QD CBA or
Bureau.
Andreas, LA8AJA, reports that the
JW4X/JW5QFA/JW8AJA QSL cards have been printed. All the
JW4X direct QSLs have been answered by LA6EIA. The JW5QFA
cards are also being answered. Andreas will start to
answer his own (JW8AJA) cards in a few days. Cards can be
seen on the following Web site at: http://www.qsl.net/la8aja/jw.
Effective immediately, Ralph, K2PF, will
be handling QSLs for Mike, KH6ND.
Last week OPDX put a request out to help
readers find out the QSL status on the NH4/NH6YK Midway
DXpedition of August, 2001. Well, we received a mixed bag
of messages on this. Some received their cards and others
did not. Someone also mentioned that he heard from NH6YK,
and he was going to deal with the delinquent QSL cards
over the next few months. He also stated that he had not
sent the cards out sooner because he had recently moved.
PW0T QSL CARDS. QSL Manager Steve, KU9C,
reports that he should have them out the last week of
June. He will start pushing them out as soon as they
arrive from the printer. If you are a U.S. station, and
sent a 34 cent SASE, please do not resend, Steve states
he will cover the 3 cent postage increase as needed (He
is thankful the post office is coming out with self-stick
3 centers!). He 'guesstimates' that he will have them all
out by end of July, but it depends on some other things.
He will post another announcement after a few weeks to
update how it's going. Steve states, "Thanks for all
the donations. I'm preparing to wire the team the money
I've received so far, which has really helped close the
gap on the expenses the team has incurred. I appreciate
it, as does the team!"
RUMORS!!! Alan, VK4AAR, states,
"There has been an UNFOUNDED rumor going around that
I am not continuing as a QSL Manager! THIS IS TOTALLY
UNTRUE. In fact, I am looking for MORE work as I am
getting lazy. So if you need a manager with experience I
AM AVAILABLE. Please E-mail me for details at: almee@hypermax.net.au.
There is NO cost to you for my services." Alan's
address is: Alan Roocroft, PO Box 421, Gatton 4343,
Australia
TI9M QSL CARDS. Bill, AK0A, requests to
'PLEASE' do not sent duplicate requests. They have been
told that the cards will be shipped next week so they
should be able to get them out before the postage
increase. Do not send 3 cent stamps if you haven't
already. They have had some nice benefactors who have
shipped them extra stamps to cover the postage increase.
If you have not mailed your cards yet, he suggest you do
so soon with sufficient postage to cover return.
NEED A QSL MANAGER? Hector, XE1BEF
(ex-XF0C, XF4C, XF4CIS, XF4CA), offers his services as a
QSL Manager for any expeditions or any operator. If
interested, contact hin via E-mail at: xe1bef@yahoo.com.
SPECIAL EVENT. Look for U.K. operators to use
the prefixes 2Q, GQ and MQ in celebration of Her Majesty the
Queen's Golden Jubilee. This The special prefixes may be used
from 0000z, June 1st until 2400z on June 30th. This may cause
some confusion because the country locator is dropped. For
example, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU and GW all become GQ, as well as
M, MD, MI, MJ, MM, MU and MW all become MQ. Listen carefully to
the operators. Also, Don, G3XTT, would like to remind everyone
that the GB50 special event station to celebrate the Golden
Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II will be active daily between
0700-2200z now through June 9th. Activity will be on CW, SSB,
PSK31 and RTTY. Suggested operating frequencies are:
SPECIAL EVENT. Look for special event station
TM6JUN to be on the air from Utah Beach from now until June 8th.
The activity will be on CW and SSB on HF bands.
TN3B AND TN3W QRT. Josep/EA3BT and
Nuria/EA3WL left the Congo on May 27th. They are very tired but
very happy with their DXpedition with almost 27,000 QSOs in his
log in only 8 days.
VK9L, LORD HOWE ISLAND. Remember to look for
Bert, PA3GIO, as VK9LO. His activity will last until June 7th.
Activity will be on 80-10 meters. QSL to his home callsign.
YA, AFGHANISTAN. Robert, S53R/YA5T, is
expected to be back in YA-land as of this past Sunday. He is
bringing with him a new IC-746PRO, IC-PW1 and some extra
aluminium. Also, he is carrying a 4 element 6m yagi. He hopes to
put YA on the 6m map! To make sure he works as many as possible
in the U.S. this time, Robert also has a 3 element 10/12/15
meters yagi (his design, single band but only takes a few minutes
to retune any 3 bands) in his luggage and will put it up soon. He
states propagation to U.S. is perfect during the summer from
about 0130 to 0330z and agian in the evening hours in YA-land. He
also plans to do much more SSB this time. They have some 22,000
QSOs on CW and only about 4,500 on SSB. Meanwhile, Chris,
YA/G0TQJ, is active from Kabul until the end of July. QSL via his
home callsign either via the Bureau or direct to: C.M. Vernon, 66
Kesteven Road, Stamford, Lincs PE9 1SU, England.
YV, VENEZUELA. Steve, W4DTA, will be going to
YV-land for a quick holiday (June 19-23rd). He will be active as
YV5DTA while down there and will be on the air during his spare
time. Steve should be active from 40-6 meters (SSB/CW). QSL via
W4DTA.
ZONE 2. Nenad, VE3EXY, reports that he just
received confirmation that he can operate from CQ ZONE 2. He will
be active for 4 days (and 5 nights) from Friday evening, June
7th, to Tuesday morning, June 11th around the ANARTS/Jubilee
RTTY/CW weekend. He expects to be active on the following modes:
CW, RTTY, and Phone, but mostly RTTY/CW during the contest. He
will use the callsign VE3EXY/2 (Counts as Zone 2 and VE2).
Suggested frequencies are:
CW - 3510, 7010, 10107, 14025, 18077, 21025, 24897 and 28025
RTTY - 14090, 21090 and 28090 kHz.
Sorry no 6 meters. Outside the contest he will always work
split (2 kHz CW and 5 kHz RTTY). Outside the contest look for him
on the WARC bands, RTTY and the Lower Frequencies. During ANARTS
Contest, watch for him on 20/15/10 meters. During Jubilee
Contest, watch for him on 80/40/20/15/10 meters. Around his
Greyline times, Nenad will be either on 80 or 40 meters. QSL via
VE3EXY. Nenad's QSL Policy: "For all my DXpedition I do not
do blanket cover of all QSOs in my log. Instead I answer QSLs
when I receive them. You can send them direct with SASE (SAE
+postage), via the bureau, or direct without postage. QSLs with
sufficient return postage will be answered same day (if in the
log), or via the bureau otherwise. QSL cards are already printed,
and there is no reason to wait. No special cards are waiting for
sponsors' approval or funding. E-mail requests are not accepted.
However, e-QSL requests will be confirmed electronically, subject
to receiving notification and electronic QSL server
address."
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