The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 572 BID: $OPDX.572 July 29, 2002 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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VK3JMG and ZS1AN for the following DX information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 21/July, through
Sunday, 28/July there were 232 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4W, 4X,
5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R,
9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9U, 9V, 9X, 9Y, A2, A3,
A4, A5, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE0A, CE9,
CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D4, DL, DU, E4, 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, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH,
HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HM, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, JA, JD/m, JD/o,
JT, JW, JX, JY, K, KH0, KH2, 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, PZ, R1MV, S0, S2, S5, S9, SM, SP, SU, SV, SV5, SV9,
T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2,
UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V4, V5, V6, V7, VE, VK, VK0M, VK9N, VP2E,
VP5, VP6, VP8, VP8/h, VP8/o, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XU, XW, YA,
YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7,
ZD9, 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).
4J, AZERBAIJAN. Yanncik, F6FYD/4J0FR
(President of Clipperton DX Club), and Gerard, F2VX, will be in
Baku from August 6-23rd. Yannick will use the callsign 4J0FR (QSL
via F6FYD) and Gerard will use the 4K7W club station callsign
(QSL via the operator instruction). They will be active on all
bands CW and SSB. They will also try to obtain a special
callsign.
5U, UGANDA. Jay, K4ZLE, departed Sunday for
Uganda and is expected to be there from July 29th through August
11th. He has been assigned the callsign 5X2A. Since this is not
primarily a ham trip, his operation will be limited. Jay will be
on Bavuma Island in L. Victoria with no commercial electricity
from July 31st through August 4th, but he hopes to operate on
some kind of solar/battery power. Most of his operations will be
late night/early morning. Uganda time is 7 hours ahead of the
East Coast U.S. QSLs via home callsign, K4ZLE.
8Q, MALDIVES. (Update) Look for members of
the young DX group called "Crystal Clear DX Group" to
be active as 8Q7ZZ between July 29th and August 11th. Activity
will be on all the HF bands plus 6 meters with three stations,
and on CW, SSB and the digital modes. The team will consist of
Mark/M0DXR (team leader), Robert/M0TTT, Tony/EA2AIJ and
Fabian/DJ1YFK. The team has a web page which contains more
information about the DXpedition at: http://www.8q7zz.com.
Also, an online log will be available and will be updated daily
by their EU pilot station M5ZAP. QSL via G3SWH, either direct or
via the bureau.
9N, NEPAL. Kiyo, JH3PAS, will be in Nepal
from August 4-10th and expects to operate as 9N7AS. This is his
2nd time visiting Nepal. First time was May 1994, and he did
operate as 9N1AS. This time Kiyo will be on all bands and all
modes, but he expects to be mainly on the WARC bands (10/17/24m)
and digital modes (RTTY, PSK-31, SSTV). He will concentrate his
efforts for EU and North AM. QSL via homecall either JARL Bureau
or direct address: Kiyotaka Ichikawa, Issiki-Nishi 1-74-3,
Hiraoka-cho, Kakogawa, 675-0117 JAPAN.
9Q, DEM. REP. OF CONGO. Gus, SM5DIC/9U5D,
informs OPDX that he is now operating the Amateur Radio Club
station of the Democratic Republic of Congo, 9Q0AR, until August
28th. He has been there since July 20th. QSNs from last week show
his activity has been on 17/15/10 meters SSB beginning after
1900z. Watch 18124, 21226, 21260, 28465 and 28485 kHz. Gus
states, "Please inform that the QSL for QSOs made under this
time should be sent to my usual QSL Manager SM5BFJ: Leif
Hammarstrom, Lerklockan 4, 73091 Riddarhyttan, Sweden. DIRECT
ONLY."
9Q, DEM. REP. OF CONGO. Pat, 9Q1A, has been
active this past week on 17/15/12 meters. Activity varies around
1200, 1400, 1600, 2000 and 2200z.
C5, THE GAMBIA. John, G4IRN, will be active
as C5/G4IRN from September 6-13th. Activity will be mainly on CW,
80-10 meters with 100 watts plus wire antennas. QSL to G4IRN: 31
Greenwood Road, Thames Ditton, Surrey, KT7 0DU, England, UK.
DXCC NEWS. Bill Moore, NC1L, DXCC Manager,
reports that the following have been approved for DXCC credit:
Tunisia - 3V8KO June (2002) operation from Kuriat Island
Nepal - 9N7QK September 29th-November 29th (2001)
Bhutan - A52PC October 22nd-November 3rd (2001)
Laos - XW1LLR May 1st-September 30th (2002)
COUNTY (RARE)/IOTA/LIGHTHOUSE OPERATION. Nat,
WZ3AR, will be operating as WZ3AR/4 from Chincoteague Island, VA
(IOTA NA-083, USI# VA-002S), from July 29th to August 3rd on 20-6
meters SSB. This operation also counts for the relatively rare
Accomack County, VA, and for ARLHS USA-021, the Assateague
Lighthouse. Most activity will be on/near the IOTA SSB
frequencies of 14260, 18128, 21260, 24950 and 28460 kHz with
occasional trips to the ARLHS frequency of 14270 kHz.
Chincoteague is in the grid square FM-27 and Nat will also be
operating in the vicinity of 50.130 MHz in the mid-afternoon and
early evenings. Nat will try and spot himself on DX Summit
whenever he is operating. QSL route is via WZ3AR either direct or
through the bureau.
FG, GUADELOUPE (IOTA Op). Members of the
"Project DX Team" A.R.I. Lomazzo (Co), will be active
from Terre de Haut Island (IOTA NA-114 Les Saintes and DIFO
FG-011), August 5-17th. Activity will be on the HF bands and 50
Mhz. Operations will be on SSB and RTTY. Look for the callsigns
and operators as: FG/IK2XDE (Andrea), FG/IK2JYT (Giovanni),
FG/IK2HAB (Mario) and FG/IW2MVS (Luigi). QSL via their home
callsigns via the bureau.
GB5, SCOTLAND. If you missed Jim, MM0BQI,
operating the special event station GB5SI on the Summer Isles off
the north west coast of Scotland this past weekend during the
IOTA contest, you will have a second chance October 19-24th. His
activity should be 80-6 meters CW/SSB/RTTY. QSL direct or via the
bureau to MM0BQI. Jim's home page is at: http://www.qsl.net/mm0bqi.
HF9, POLAND (Special Event). Look for special
event station HF9JP to be active to commemorate the 9th visit of
John Paul II to the Pope`s homeland between August 10-31st.
Activity will be on CW/SSB/RTTY on 160-6 meters. QSL via
SP9PKZ/Bureau.
HI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Operators Bill/W4WX,
Clarence/W9AAZ, Cory/N1WON and Robert/K9MDO will operate as
W4WX/HI9 in the 2002 CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest (October 26-27,
2002) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via W4WX.
IOTA NEWS...
EU-064. Alain, F6BFH, will be active
from Noirmoutier Island (DIFM AT020) until August 3rd. He
will be staying at F9IE's QTH. His activity will be on
the HF bnads SSB/CW with an IC706 and dipoles. QSL via
F6BFH direct or bureau.
EU-130. Feco, HA8KW, will be active as
IV3/HA8KW/p from Grado Island (IIA GO-001) now through
August 2nd. Activity will be on 30-10 meters CW (with
some SSB). QSL via home call either direct or through the
bureau.
EU-153. Vlad/RZ1OA and Dima/UA1OLM are
active from Lyasomin Island as RZ1OA/a and UA1OLM/a until
August 1st. QSL via RZ1OA: Vlad Sadakov, P.O. Box 48,
Arkhangelsk, 163040, Russia.
EU-161. Look for Nick, RA1QQ/1, to be
active from Kharlovskij Island (RR-03-02) now through
August 5th. Under the WLHA program it counts as a NEW ONE
LH-0640, and for the RLHA program. It is also a NEW ONE,
RLE-020. QSL via home call (PLEASE NOTE there are some
CHANGES in Nick's Zip Code, Address: Nick A Smerdov, P.O.
Box 24, Cherepovets, 162611, Russia).
NA-NEW. (Update) Just a reminder to look
for the callsign KL7AK to activate Deer Island, part of
the Southern Alaska Peninsula West group; an unnumbered
IOTA island group. Operators are projecting that they
will be on the island late in the evening on the 31st of
July, until mid-afternoon on the 5th of August. The
operators will be: Rick/KL7AK, Blaine/KL7TG, Linda/NL7RE,
Larry/KF6XC and Jim/K9PPY. Activity will be on 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. QSL Manager is Fred Stenger,
N6AWD, and his address is good in the callbook or
Internet databases. Rick, KL7AK, reported this past week
that they plan to have a web site on the Internet with
pictures from Deer Island, information, and hopefully a
daily updated basic log. You should be able to enter your
callsign and be able to tell whether you're in their
logbook and the band and mode. The Web site is: http://www.kl7ak.net.
NA-058. Bob, N2SU, will be on Jekyll
Island until August 2nd. He will use his IC-706 Mk IIG
and an Outbacker antenna.
NA-130. Andrew, VE8AE, plans to be on
Resolution Island now through August 2nd and hopes to be
active as VY0AE.
LIGHTHOUSE NEWS AND ACTIVITY...
The RAAF Williams Amateur Radio Club
(RWARC) will be activating Split Point Lighthouse Aireys
Inlet, Victoria, Australia (ARLS number AUS-154) using
the club callsign: VK3APP / Portable LH, on Saturday,
August 17th, from 0001-0800z as part of the International
Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend. This will be a unique event
as their club is the only Royal Australian Airforce
Amateur Radio club in Australia, and this will be the
first time that Split Point Lighthouse is activated on
the amateur radio bands. They will be setting up several
'stations' utilizing wire and vertical antennas high atop
the cliffs overlooking Bass Strait, one of most hazardous
streches of water in the world! Output power will be 100
watts on SSB. (there is a possibility of other modes)
Their operation will be on the 80, 40, 20, 15, 10 and 2
meter bands. QSL via the bureau or direct (QRZ.com) to
VK3JMG. Check out their Web link at: http://www.vk3app.com/Events/ILLW2002/ILLD_SplPoint_2002.htm.
Also the RWARC club web site at: http://www.vk3app.com.
Look for Curt, W2BN (ARLHS member #599)
to be active August 3rd, for one day only, from Ludlam
Beach Lighthouse (USA-461), New Jersey. Operation will be
CW only on 40, 20 and 15 meters, on the usual ARLHS
frequencies, between 1400-2000z. QSL via eQSL only.
Members of the Georgian Bay Amateur Radio Club,
VE3OSR, will be signing VE3OSR/p from Flower Pot Island
(CISA ON-005 for the Canadian Islands Award) and
Lighthouse (ARLHS CAN-181), August 3-5th. Activity will
be on 40, 20 and 15 meters depending on the conditions.
QSL via VE3OSR, CBA (SASE/SAE/IRC please).
Christian, DL6KAC, informs OPDX that he
and others will be activating Helios Lighthouse in
Cologne/Ehrenfeld (FED-107) again in the upcoming
International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (ILLW). He
states, "We are planning to have two HF stations on
the air. Main callsign will be DA0HC (via bureau or
DL6KAC). Additionally, we will have two trainee callsigns
(likely DN1KAV [via bureau or DH4KAV] and DN1KS [via
bureau or DJ2KS]). Antennas will be a double-zepp and a
multiband vertical or inverted vees. Activitity is
planned from 40-10 meters SSB (if propagation is
available on the higher bands). Maybe 80 meters SSB.
Additionally, we plan to operate PSK and maybe a little
bit SSTV. There might also be some 2m SSB activity. QSLs
are already printed and will be send out after the
operation. There will be no delay like last year where
the cards had to be printed first."
Albert, RV3GW, informs OPDX that
stations active over the past weekend as RA3NN/1,
RA3NAN/1, UA1OEJ/a were from Zhizhginskij Island (EU-153,
RRA RR-02-23). Under the WLHA program, the reference
number is LH-2447 and NEW ONE. Under the RLHA program it
is RLE-019, also a NEW ONE. The operators were expected
to leave Monday, July 29th, from Zhizhginskij Island.
However, Monday they will be active from Golets Island
again (IOTA EU-153, RRA RR-02-27). This is a NEW ONE for
WLHA and RLHA programs, LH-2217 and RLE-018. The length
of their stay is unknown. ADDED NOTE: Station RU3SD/1,
active during the IOTA Contest, was from Anzerskij
Lighthouse/Island. Its IOTA is EU-066 and RRA RR-02-20.
It was also a NEW ONE for the WLHA program, LH-2998, and
is expected to be a NEW ONE for the RLHA program.
Andrew, ZS1AN, will be operating from
Dassen Island Lighthouse during International Lighthouse
and Lightship Weekend using the callsign ZS1AN/P. Dassen
Island is the smaller and less accessible of the two
islands in IOTA AF-064, the Western Cape Province South
West group. Andrew plans to operate from approximately
1600z on Friday, August 16th until 1200z on Sunday,
August 18th. His mode will be primarily CW, operating on
or around the following frequencies: 7026, 14026, 21026
and 28026 kHz.
MW3, WALES. John, KL7JR, informs OPDX that he
will sign MW3/KL7JR on the weekend starting August 10th. Activity
will be on 20 meter SSB (+-14.255). QSL CBA only.
NEW AWARD. Roman, RX3RC, informs OPDX that
there is a new award available. Check out the information about
the new "Russian Districts Award" (RDA) at: http://rx3rc.paints.ru/rda/rda_eng.htm.
By the way, Roman is Russian Districts Award Manager.
P5, NORTH KOREA. It was reported this week
that Ed, P5/4L4FN, is expected to operate CW (per UFT) sometime.
However, QSL Manager Bruce, KK5DO, states "in order to give
everyone a chance at one QSO, he (Ed) might limit CW QSOs to only
those that have never had a P5 QSO with him. This way more people
will get at least one QSO as he will never be able to work
everyone on SSB, CW and RTTY. He might decide that if you had a
SSB QSO, then one CW QSO would be okay or if you had RTTY, then
no CW. Don't know exactly how it will be done yet, but there has
to be some type of limitation."
PJ2, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. Mark, KD4D, will
be active August 1-14th from Curacao (SA-006) as PJ2/KD4D. He
will be participating in the 2002 WAE DX CW Contest as PJ2M. QSL
via home call. QSL PJ2M via N9AG.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
Giorgio/I2JSB and Marco/IK2IQV (CW), who
were active as 5C2MI this past week from Mogador Island,
should be QSLed direct only to I2JSB: Giorgio Savini,
P.O. Box 55, 20089 Rozzano - MI, Italy.
Operators BA4TA, BA4TB, BA4RD, BD4RS and
BD5RV were active as BI4J in the IOTA Contest from
Chongming Island (AS-136). QSL via BA4RD: Box 538
Nanjing, China.
Jose, CT3KY, was active from Madeira
Island during the IOTA Contest. QSL via the address on
(qrz.com) or via the bureau (100% return).
Pepe, EA5KB, was active from Santi Petri
Island (EU-143) as EA7/EA5KB during the IOTA contest. QSL
via home callsign or through the bureau.
Antoine, F5RAB/p, was active from Belle
Ile en Mer Island. Reference numbers are IOTA EU-048,
DIFM AT-015, DMF 56002 and 56003 (French Mills Award).
QSL via his home callsign.
Members of the WLH Award Management Committee
(F5SKJ, F5LRC and F5OGG) were active this past week from
Vierge Lighthouse Island (LH 0241 and IOTA EU-105) as
homecall/p. QSL F5OGG/P via LX1NO, F5SKJ/P via F5SKJ and
F5LRC/P via F5LRC. ADDED NOTE: The three operators were
also expected to be active from Wrac'h Island Lighthouse
(LH 0823 and NO IOTA) after the Vierge Lighthouse Island
operation using the same callsigns. QSL the same as
above.
Tom, GM4FDM, reports that he has taken
over the QSL duties for HS0/G3NOM, HS0AC, 9M2OM, A52OM,
E22DX, E28DX. HS2AC, S21U, S21ZF, XU1NOM and XY1HT. He
has most of the logs, but does not have any blank cards
as of yet, however, they are coming by sea from Thailand.
Tom understands there is a considerable backlog for HS0AC
cards, so please be patient and he will try to get them
out as time permits, but it may be several months. He
states, "If anybody is particularly desperate to
receive a bureau card, please E-mail details of QSO(s)
and when the cards arrive, I shall try to give these
cards a little more precedence, BUT only if you need the
card in a particular hurry for a specific reason. If
anybody is found abusing my hospitality, they will suffer
the Wrath of Khan!" Tom's E-mail address is: tom@gm4fdm.com.
QSL K5M via K5CWR. Activity was a
Multi-Mode operation from Mustand Island (NA-092).
QSL Manager Steven Wheatley, KU9C,
informs the DX Community: "This is to advise that I
have changed my 'incoming QSL mail address'. I've updated
the FCC filing, so the various databases driven by this
will be updated shortly. Note that my old address will
continue to be in place indefinitely. I will shut it down
when conditions warrant. This change was simply made to
bring the mail 'closer' to me. I will still be collecting
mail from my old address....and of course, if you've sent
it there, there is NO NEED to resubmit. My new address:
Steven Wheatley KU9C, P. O. Box 31, Morristown NJ
07963-0031"
Members from UBA club, "NOK",
were active as PA/ON4NOK before the IOTA Contest and
PA6TEX during the contest from Texel Island (EU-038) and
the Texel Lighthouse (ARLHS NET-024). QSL via ON7YX
direct or bureau. PLEASE NOTE: Because this is a Belgian
operation, the DUTCH QSL bureau will NOT handle cards! If
you QSL via the Bureau send it to the UBA Belgian Bureau
(PA6TEX via ON7YX).
R1ANF/P QSL STATUS. Nick, RK1PWA, has
received the R1ANF/P QSL cards sponsored by Diamond DX
Club. Nick will start sending out the cards as soon as
possible. For future information on the Diamond Forum,
check the Web page at: http://www.ddxc.net/forum.
Operators RA3AUM, UA3DX and RZ1AK
participate in the IOTA Contest as RK1A/p from Kotlin
Island (EU-133, RR-01-06). Direct QSL requests should go
to VE3LYC while all bureau cards - via RZ1AK only.
Josep, EA3BT, announced that they have
put in the mail all QSL cards received since middle July,
so you should start to receive them soon, in a week or
so. They are almost working on the QSLs on a daily basis.
The QSL card is a double one, in full color. It has been
printed by Rodrigo, EA7JX ( http://www.qslcard.org/ ). If
you want to see how it looks, it can be found on the Web
page at: http://www.ea3bt.com/congo/congo-qsl_information.htm.
(Where you will also be able to check to see if they have
received your direct QSL card request.)
Dana, VE1VOX, was active in the IOTA
Contest from Wood Island (IOTA NA-029 and Lighthouse
CAN-535). The callsign was VE1OTA/VY2. QSL to VE1VOX's
address on QRZ.com.
Anderson/PY2TNT, David/PY2DCE,
Adriano/PY2AXH and Andre/PU2TET (13 yr. old son of
Adriano) were active as ZW2T/P from the Island of Sao
Sebastiao (SA-028, DIB-016) in the IOTA Contest. QSL via
direct (www.QRZ.com) or via the Bureau to PY2TNT. Look
for logs and photos after the operation on: http://www.py2tnt.hpg.com.br.
SEANET CONTEST 2002. Ray, HS0/G3NOM, wants to
remind everyone that "the organizers of the SEANET
Convention 2002 invite all radio amateurs to participate in the
SEANET 2002 Contest. This contest is associated with the 30th
Annual SEANET Convention in Perth, Western Australia to be held
November 1st-3rd, 2002, in the spirit of amateur radio world-wide
friendship. The format of the contest will remain the same as
last year, in accordance with the wishes of the contestants. The
contest will therefore be a single 24 hour contest incorporating
CW/Voice/ and digital modes." SEANET2002 Web Site http://www.qsl.net/seanet2002.
OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive Ray's complete press
release with the rules of the SEANET 2002 Contest rules.
XY, MYANMAR. Remember that the Myanmar 2002
DXpedition starts this week. Part of the team will begin their
activity August 2-8th, from Yangoon with one station active on
80-6 meters. From August 9-22nd, the full team will be active
from Ngapali with four stations operating on 160-6 meters. Then
look for a new IOTA to be activated from Apaw-ye Kyun Island
(part of the Arakan Region Group) with two stations active
between August 16-19th on 80-6 meters. The callsigns to be used
during this operations will be:
XY3C - CW callsign, QSL via DL4KQ
XY5T - SSB callsign, QSL via IN3ZNR
XY7V - Digital mode callsign, QSL via DL8KBJ
XY0TA - IOTA operation callsign
The team consists of: Fabrizio/IN3ZNR, Mauro/IN3QBR,
Yani/YB0US, Hiroo/JA2EZD, Frank/DL4KQ, Gregor/DF2IC,
Juergen/DF7KP, Siegfried/DL8KBJ, Bernd/DL5OAB and Joe/AA4NN. For
more information, please visit the Web site at: http://www.dx-pedition.de/myanmar2000/.
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