The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 576 BID: $OPDX.576 September 2, 2002 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
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for the following DX information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 25/August, through
Sunday, 1/September there were 235 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4W, 4X,
5B, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5W, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G,
9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9U, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6,
A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, CE, CE0A, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3,
CU, CX, D2, D4, D6, 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, HC8, HH, HI, HK,
HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J3, J6, J7, J8, JA, JT, JW,
JX, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH9, 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, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV5, SV9, T2, T32,
T33, T7, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, UA, UA2,
UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK0M, VK9C,
VK9N, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU,
XW, XZ, 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).
4S, SRI LANKA. Denver, 4S7DA, informs OPDX
that there is a new operator on the air from 4S-land. Ranjith,
4S7KM, who is only operational on CW on 20/15 meters, has been
very active. Watch 20 meters 1030 and 1430z. QSL via the bureau
or direct to 4S7KM: Ranjith Peiris, 37/6, Chapel Road, Nugegoda,
Sri Lanka.
6J, MEXICO. In celebration of the 70th
anniversary of the "Federacion Mexicana de Radio
Experimentadores" (FMRE), the Mexican Government has
authorized all the Mexican radio amateurs to use the special
prefix "6J" instead of "XE" when working DX.
Examples: XE2AC can use the 6J2AC, XE1J --> 6J1J and
XE3DX--> 6J3DX. This is valid from August 21st, 2002, through
December 31st, 2002. Also, look for special event station 6F1LM
to commemorate the 70th anniversary of FMRE to be activated by
different hams and radio clubs on several bands and modes during
the rest of the year. A special QSL card will be sent to each and
every contact they made. Please QSL VIA BUREAU ONLY. DO NOT send
SASE, IRCs or Green Stamps, just send it via your country's
bureau. Any questions about this operation please send an E-mail
to: XE1KK@xe1kk.net.
7Q, MALAWI. Allan, G0IAS, informs OPDX that
Harry (G0JMU), 7Q7HB, is back here again and will be here for the
next 6 weeks. Over the past week, Harry has been active on 15/10
meters CW/SSB at various times. QSL ONLY DIRECT to G0IAS (Allan
states, "Any other way will not work. I'm not a member of
RSGB... neither is Harry... and there is NO BUREAU in
Malawi....."). Allan also mentions that when the Doc says he
is fit enough, he may go for an extended visit maybe 6 months or
so to visit Ron (7Q7RM). They will TRY to get something up for
160.
9M6, EAST MALAYSIA. Shun, JH7IMX, will be
active as 9M6LSC from September 26th through October 1st. He will
participate in the CQ/RJ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY (September
28-29th) as a Single Op/All Band entry. QSL via JH7IMX.
AFRICIAN ACTIVITY. Ed, ON7UN, will leaving
Belgium at the end of the month and will be working in Africa.
During the first week in October he is expected to be in the Dem.
Rep. of Congo (9Q). He has requested for a license and has
received confirmation for the license. He will operate from there
with the 9Q5** callsign. He is also expected to travel to
Brazaville, Republic of Congo (TN), probably during the second
week. He will also try to obtain a license from the TN country.
Ed will be using the equipment in the Belgium Embassies (a KLM
log periodic antenna and 500 watt). Over the next 6 months, Ed
will be visiting Kenya (5Z), Tanzania (5H), Gabon (TR), Angola
(D2) and possible other African countries because of his work.
QSL via ON4ACA.
C9, MOZAMBIQUE (Update). As mentioned in
OPDX.574 Babs/DL7AFS and Lot/DJ7ZG will be active again from here
as C98DC. Their 2 weeks activity will start around September
24th. Activity will be from Bazaruto Island in the northern part
of Mozambique (IOTA AF-072). They will operate SSB on the usual
DX frequencies. Also, look for operations on RTTY/PSK on 18101
kHz as well. QSl via DL7AFS. For more up-to-date information,
check out the Web site at: http://www.qsl.net/dl7afs.
CN, MOROCCO. Jim, W7EJ, is expected to be
active as CN2R in the CQWW DX SSB Contest as a Single Op/All Band
entry. QSL via W7EJ.
DX BASH. Bryan, W5KFT, wants to remind
everyone that the 12th Annual DX BASH will be on October 4-5th.
Check the web page for all the info. They will be having a great
time and the best selection of programs ever!! Come join them for
the weekend and enjoy the fellowship, fun, and food. Their Web
page is at: http://www.dxbash.com.
If you need other info, contact Bryan W5KFT. His E-mail address
is: w5kft@nts-online.net.
DXCC NEWS. Bill Moore, NC1L, ARRL DXCC
Manager, reports the following operations have been approved for
DXCC credit:
BURUNDI
-
9U5A (Valid from May 28, 2002, to May, 27, 2003)
BHUTAN
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A52ED - (October 23rd through November 1st, 2001)
A52OM - (January 1st through February 5th, 2002)
UGANDA
-
5X1CW - (March 19, 2002, through March 1, 2003)
FO, FRENCH POLYNESIA. Jean-Luc, F5AEP, is
expected to stay in Papeete for the next two years starting on
September 1. Currently his callsign has not been anounced yet.
Over the next two years Jean-Luc also plans to visit several
other islands like the Marquesas or Gambier Island.
FS, FRENCH ST. MARTIN. Look for Ann/W2AZK,
Brian/KF2HC, Gene/K2KJI, Maryann/K2RVH, Bob/W5GJ and Mike/WA2VUN
to sign FS/homecall from December 4-11th. The group hopes to have
2 stations on HF and 1 station on 6 meters. Operations will be
CW, SSB, and possibly some PSK31. They plan to participate in the
ARRL 160M Contest that weekend. QSL to the callsign worked. Visit
the following Web page for up-to-date information at: http://www.njdxa.org.
GU, GUERNSEY. Rainer/DL2MDZ and
Gerhard/DL3NBL will be active October 11-27th from the Island of
Guernsey, IOTA EU-114. Using a KW, activity will be on 160-10
meters, including the WARC band. DL2MDZ will use CW/RTTY and
DL3NBL will use SSB/RTTY. QSL via their homecall.
IOTA NEWS...
AF-077. Barry, ZS1FJ, reports he plans
to be active as ZS23I from the Cape Province South Coast
Group on September 28th for one or two days. Activity
will be mostly on 17/12 meters. QSL via ZS1FJ.
AS-066. John, RW0MM/p, and some
potential YL members of the Vladivostok Contest Club will
be active from Russkij Island (RR-16-02) between
September 7-9th during their IOTA holiday. They will
participate in the IARU (Reg.1) Field Day. Activity will
be on all HF bands CW/SSB on the usual IOTA frequencies.
Depending on local conditions, they will try to operate
from one or more lighthouses (RLHA-New) on the military
island. QSL via UA3DX. E-mail requests for replies
through the bureau go to: rw0mm@mail.ru.
AS-147. Take, JI3DST, will be active as
JI3DST/8 once again from Okushiri Island (Okushiri-cho
Okushiri-gun Hokkaidou) from October 25-28th. Activity
will be on 70/17/15/12/10/6 meters SSB and in the CQWW
SSB Contest. QSL via JI3DST (through the Bureau ONLY).
EU-004. Christian, DL6KAC, will once
again be active from Mallorca Island (DIE: E-021)
starting September 5th until the end of September /
beginning of October (return flight not yet booked).
Activity will be on 80-10 meters, mainly SSB. Antennas
will be dipoles on the high bands and Inverted L for
40/80m. Power will be 350 watts. He might include some
activity in the WAE SSB Contest. This will be a holiday
style operation. QSL via the DARC bureau or direct
(qrz.com).
EU-020. Hardy/DL3KWF and his wife
Rosel/DL3KWF will be active from Gotland Island September
2-13th. They will sign SM1/homecall and be active on CW
during the morning and evening hours. QSL via bureau.
Also, QSL requests can be sent via E-mail to: dl3kwf@darc.de or dl3kwr@darc.de.
EU-062. The Namdal Group of NRRL will be
active as LA7N/p and take part in the Region 1 Field Day
between 1300z, September 7th and 1300z September 8th. The
multi-operation will take place on Borgan Island (LOC
JP54KX) with five stations on 160-10 meters
SSB/CW/PSK/RTTY, 6m, 2m and 70cm SSB-FM, also some
satellite operation. You will find them 5-10 kHz below
the usual IOTA-frequences (+/-QRM): CW - 1825, 3525,
7025, 14025, 21025 and 28025; SSB - 1850, 3750, 7050,
14250, 21250 and 28450 kHz. QSL via SM5SIC.
EU-120. Look for DK1RF to be active as
M/DK1RF from the English Islands Group between September
7-13th. QSL via home call.
SA-040 & SA-078. Pedro, HK3JJH, will
be active from Isla Palma (SA-078), September 6-9th and
Isla del Pirata (Rosario Island - SA-040) from September
11-12th. Suggested frequencies are: 28460, 21260 and
14260 kHz (+/- QRM). His callsign will be HK3JJH/1. QSL
direct to Pedro's home address: Pedro J. Allina, PO Box
81119, Bogota Colombia. He does not receive QSL cards
sent via the bureau.
IS0, SARDINIA. Hartmut/DM5TI and
Thomas/DL2RMC will be active from here between September 4-13th.
Activity will be on 160-6 meters on
CW/SSB/RTTY/SSTV/PSK31/Pactor. Check out the following Web page
for more details at: http://www.qsl.net/dm5ti/IS0.
JD1, OGASAWARA (75 Years Commemorative DXpedition of
JARL). Toshi, JA1ELY, Project Planner, informs OPDX that
they are pleased to announce that several Japanese groups will
operate as 8N1OGA from Ogasawara Islands. The islands are located
about 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo and can only be reached by
taking a 25 hour boat trip from Tokyo. Between September 15th and
the end of January 2003, the special station will be active to
commemorate 75 years since Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) was
founded. Preliminary license has been already issued by Japanese
Telecommunication authority, which permits all modes including
satellite and one kilo watt output on normal bands and 500 watts
on 6 meter band. They will operate two complete stations with
yagi beams on self supporting towers and dipoles and GP antennas
for low bands. They will aggressively participate in upcoming
major DX contests such as the CQWW Phone, CQWW CW and JIDX Phone
Contest. They will particularly be looking for Europe and the
East Coast of North America on low bands (For them to be able to
do this, they will put up antennas that can be viewed over the
Pacific Ocean!!)
The current details of the operation schedule is as follows:
Sept 15-18th JE1CKA, JF1PJK, JM1RFT, JR1AIB
(A constraction team, limited operation)
Sept 27-Oct 5th JQ2EHG, JO1LVZ
Oct 2-5th JI2UNR
Oct 8-16th 7K3EOP, WA1S
Oct 20-23th Unknown
Oct 26-29th JA1WSX, JS1DLC
Oct 26-Nov 4th JA1MRM, JA1LZR
Nov 8-11th JO1RUR, JP1JFG
Nov 14-23th Unknown
Nov 27-30th JA1ELY, JA1IDY
Dec 4-24th Unknown
Dec 27th-Jan 1st JA7AYE
Dec 31st-Jan 4th JA1WSX
Jan 4-31st Unknown
QSLs will be available for all QSOs via the Bureau unless you
request SAE with one IRC to the manager. If you QSL directly,
please send to the QSL Manager JA1MRM to: Saburo Asano, 3-26-8
Toyotamakita, Nerima, Tokyo, 176-0012 Japan. A log search will be
available as soon as the operation starts. Please note that there
will be no operations prior to September 15th. The Web page for
this project is at: http://www.fivenine.com/8n1oga/eng/.
LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY AND NEWS...
The Radio Amateur Society of Norwich,
N1NW, will be active between 1000z September 7th through
1600z September 8th from New London Ledge Lighthouse
(ARLHS USA-542). This lighthouse is located in New London
County, New London harbor, New London, CT. Suggested
frequencies are: 7270, 14270, 21370 and 28370 kHz. QSL
via Radio Amateur Society of Norwich, PO Box 329,
Norwich, CT 06360.
Members of the Natal Digital Group (NDG)
will activate Lighthouse Bacopari (DFB RN-08) on
September 6-8th and participate in the DARC 10-Meter
Digital Contest. Look for operators PS7ZZ, PS7TKS and
PS7KC to be active on all bands SSB, CW, RTTY, and PSK-31
as ZW7NDG. QSL to Manager is PS7ZZ (bureau or direct to:
Francisco Edvaldo P de Freitas, Av. Sao Miguel dos
Caribes, 31 - Conj Jiqui, 59086-500 Natal, Rio Grande do
Norte, Brazil)
The Radio Amateur Union of North Aegean
will be active during their "FIELD DAY 2002"
using the special callsign SZ8LH, and will activate at
the same time the Lighthouse Megalonisi (Lesvos Island,
NUMBER: GR-7130, Grid Locator: 39N12, 25E50 and IOTA
EU-049). Operators will be SV8QG, SV8CRI, SV8DCY, SV8DTD,
SV8DBO, SV8DCW, SV8BEV and SV8DTL. Activity will be on
160-2 meters on all mode.
LN CONTEST PREFIX FOR NORWAY. Tom, LA4LN,
reports: "The Norwegian Post and Telecommunications
Authority has recently issued a permit for Norwegian club
stations to substitute their ordinary LA prefix with the rare LN
prefix during certain HF contests. The first opportunities will
be the contests All Asian (Sept. 7-8th), WAE (Sept. 14-15th), SAC
(Sept. 21-22nd & 28-29t), and CQ WW RTTY DX (Sept. 28-29th).
Most Norwegian club stations now use 2-by-1 calls (deceased
old-timers' calls; like for instance LA1V), and would in most
cases accept QSL to their ordinary LA call. The LN prefix has
only been in use once before on amateur radio. This happened in
1995 in commemoration of the 50th anniversary for the liberation
of Norway after the 2nd World War, when some LN stations were
active, like LN1V (QSL via LA4LN). LN1V will now resurface in
some of the above mentioned contests; activity is especially
planned for the CQWW RTTY DX Contest. For the SAC (Scandinavian
Activity Contest) the NRAU (Nordic Radio Amateur Union) recently
decided to accept the LN prefix for Norway in the contest rules
for 2002."
OJ0, MARKET REEF. Remeber to look for the
"QLF DX TEAM" to be active this week from here through
September 9th. Operators LA5UKA, LA6YEA, LA8SDA, LA9VDA and
OJ0/LB1NE (along with possibly OH0RJ) will be active as OJ0LA.
Activity will be on CW/SSB, maybe some RTTY, and on 160-10 meters
with special attention paid to the high and low bands. QSL OJ0LA
to LA9VDA. For direct QSL, please send a SASE + 1 IRC or 2 USD.
QSL OJ0/LB1NE via CBA. QSL OJ0RJ via OH0RJ.
P4, ARUBA. Jacobo, P43P, is expected to be
active as P40B in the CQ/RJ WW DX Contest (RTTY) as a Single
Op/All Band entry. Also, P43P is expected to be active as P40B in
the CQWW DX SSB Contest as a Single Op/All Band entry. QSL via
I2MQP.
P5, NORTH KOREA. According to Bruce, KK5DO,
there have been reports that Ed, P5/4L4FN, has been on CW and
these QSNs are false. Ed still has to repair his antennas. A
co-worker that was helping Ed has left the country permanently
for another assignment. So this will increase Ed's work duties
and limit his radio activities to the weekends.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
Tony, W4FOA, informs OPDX that Lawrence,
9N7RB, is now officially QRT, effective Friday, August
23, 2002. During his period of activity, Lawrence made
12,000 QSOs with 289 countries and was responsible for
putting 9N in the logs of many for a new country,
especially on CW. QSLs for his activity may be sent via
W4FOA, preferably via direct. Bureau cards will be
answered on a time available basis. Lawrence's equipment
and antennas will be left behind in Nepal.
Robert, S53R, informs OPDX readers of
the following:
All direct requests for A52KR and AP2ARS were
answered during July/August. There were no cards
pending when he left home.
AP2ARS - Please note that Robert does not handle
any AP2ARS QSLs anymore. From January 1, 2002,
all QSLs (bureau/direct) for AP2ARS / A52KR are
handeled by K2PF. So, for you who have already
sent BUREAU cards to Robert (even the ones for
2001), please resend to K2PF because he will not
have time to answer.
YA5T - again do not send the cards to Robert. All
cards for YA5T go via KU9C!!!
PLEASE NOTE: Robert states that he is receiving plenty of
IRC coupons NOT stamped in his requests. Most of them
have come from Germany! They are not exchangable at the
post offices so those QSLs were replied via bureau.
Hisato, 7K1WLE, who was on Easter Island
(CE0Y) from July 18-24th (2002), informs OPDX that he
worked 3,100 QSOs on HF and has put up a Web page with an
on-line log and photos. Visit the Web page at: http://www.dxcom.jp/7k1wle-logsearch.html.
Don Field, G3XTT, D68C Publicity
Manager, reports that he has finished processing all of
the incoming requests for D68C cards on hand. A large
quantity of cards will be despatched shortly to the RSGB
bureau. The confirmed QSO count stands at 80692. That's
47.8%, and almost certainly a record for number of
confirmed QSOs for a single DXpedition. Phil is still
receiving at least one direct request most days! The team
thanks Phil for his efforts.
Miro, UT7WZ, reports that all cards for
EN1WJP (Special Event Station in June, 2001, for Pope
John Paul's visit to the Ukraine) have been all confirmed
direct or via bureau. All cards were sent automatically
via the bureau in early 2002. If anyone still needs a
card, please E-mail a request to UT7WZ : ut7wz@ut1wpr.ampr.org.
On-line log, with statistics, some
photos and other information about the recent
holiday/expedition to Les Saintes Island (NA-114) by
FG/IK2XDE, FG/IK2JYT, FG/IK2HAB and FG/IW2MVS are
available at: http://www.xdenews.net/ik2xde/fg2002.
Richard, WD4IKI, reports that he is NOT
the QSL Manager for the current HH2CQ operations.
Fred, K3ZO, reports that in a recent
bureau shipment he received QSLs for S21DM. He states
that he is NOT the QSL Manager for S21DM and has nothing
to do with QSL arrangements for S21DM.
Many have been reporting that they have
been receiving their S9LA QSL cards in mail.
Yann, F5NBU, reports that he is not the
QSL Manager for the recent TM4T opetion. QSL TM4T via
F6HLC (not via F5NBU). However, Yann is the QSL Manager
for the 1994 CQWW SSB Contest TM4T only.
Temir, UN7OP, has changed his callsign
and will be active starting September 1st as UN1O. QSL
via IK2QPR: Paolo Fava, via Bertani 8, 46100 Mantova,
ITALY.
Mike, K9AJ, reports, "For those
waiting for their Henderson Island QSL (VP6AJ and VP6VT)
from March 2002, there is good news: the balance of the
QSL order arrived today (August 30th) from the printer,
IT9EJW. QSL Manager N9TK will be working on answering the
outstanding QSLs. Thanks for your patience."
Ron, WB4HAM, informs OPDX that he is the
QSL Manager for Rudi, YC0EEX, in Indonesia.
YE2R was active from Karimunjawa
(OC-186) during August 28th-September 1st. QSL via
EA7FTR.
R1, ANTARCTICA. It has been reported that
Oleg, R1ANF/A, will be active from the "Great Wall
Base" (WABA BY-01) until the end of September. Look for him
to be active every Monday on 21275 kHz starting at 1700z. Also,
Oleg is expected to activate the Uruguyan Base
"Artigas" (WABA CX-01) during the month of September.
QSL via RK1PWA. PLEASE NOTE: WABA stands for "World
Antarctic Base Award".
RU1, EUROPEAN RUSSIA. Operators UA1AKC,
UA1ARX, RW1AC, RV1AW, RN1AM and RA1ACJ will be active in the
CQ/RJ RTTY Contest as RU1A as a Multi/Single entry. Look for them
on 80 meters (3 element yagi). Their sunrise/sunset is:
0350/1540z. Operators RU1AA, RW1AC, RV1AW, UA1ARX, RN1AM, RX1AA,
RA1ACJ and possibly others, will be active from ZONE 16 in the
CQWW CW Contests as RU1A as a Multi/2 Band entry. Look for them
on 160 meters (2 element yagi) and 80 meters (3 element yagi).
Their sunrise/sunset is: 0550/1320z. Also, look for RU1A to be
active in the CQWW SSB Contest as a Multi/2 Band entry by
operators RW1AC, RV1AW, UA1ARX, RN1AM, RX1AA and possibly others.
Their sunrise/sunset during this contest is: 0450/1400z. QSL both
operations via RU1AE or via the bureau.
SPECIAL EVENT. The Radio Club Station SP9KDU
from the Polish town of Tarnowskie Gory will be active using the
special callsign SN9TG to celebrate a holiday there. Operations
will be from September 1-8th with activity on SSB, CW and FM. QSL
to SP9KDU via the Bureau (prefered) or direct via callbook
address.
TO5, MARTINIQUE. Albert, NH7A, will be active
in the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) as a Single Op/All
Band entry. Callsign is not yet known but it will be
TO5(something). QSL via F5VHJ.
TY, BENIN. Pat, I8QLS, informs OPDX that he
will be active with Piero, W1NA/I8CZW and Gino, I8ULL, from Benin
between October 19-28th. During the CQWW Phone Contest, I8QLS
will take part as a Single Op/10m entry, W1NA as a Single Op/15m
entry and I8ULL Single Op/20m entry. Before the contest they will
focus on the low bands, WARC bands, 6 meters and CW. QSL Manager
is Cirio, I8ACB. Only callsign provided so far is for Pat, I8QLS,
and will be active as TY2LS.
V6, MICRONESIA IOTA TOUR 2002. The Diamond DX
Club has announced that three of their members ( Nando/IT9YRE,
Gaetano/IT9GAI and Claudio/I1SNW) will be active as V63RE, V63GH
and V63WN. They will activate Nomwin Island (OC-NEW) from October
24-27th and Etal Island (OC-NEW) from October 30th to November
4th. QSL via IT9YRE. For more information about the Micronesia
IOTA Tour 2002, visit their Web page at: http://www.ddxc.net/v63.
ZD7, ST. HELENA. Gilbert, ZD7BG, has been
active around 2330z on 14013 kHz (also around 0745z) with a
fairly good signal. Anyone needing ZD7 on CW, this would be a
good catch. There was also a QSN of Gilbert on 18080 kHz around
2245z. Meanwhile, Carlos, ZD7CY, has been active on 15/10 meters
SSB. Watch 21305 and 28450 kHz between 2030-2330z.
ZK1, NORTH AND SOUTH COOK ISLAND (News by ZK1CG).
During the month of September, Victor, ZK1CG, will once again be
using the "ZK1USA" as his callsign to show support for
September 11th victims from the South Cook Islands. Also, four YL
hams will be in the South Cook Islands operating with the
callsign ZK1XYL between October 1-15th. Victor states, "This
is the first time South Cooks has seen this many YL's operating
in the Cooks at one time." Jim/ZK1JD, Victor/ZK1CG,
Tuatai/ZK1CY (South Cooks) and ZK1MA (North Cooks) will welcome
these young YL hams to Rarotonga, South Cook. They will bring
along a OM ham to be their GOFER during their stay in the Cooks.
Victor, ZK1CG, is still looking for some hams to come to the
Cooks for the CQWW SSB Contest in October to help run a contest
station from the South Cooks. If you're a fast talker and
interested please contact ZK1CG via E-mail at: sales@computers.co.ck.
The group (plus a new member) that was on the North Cooks last
year for CQ WW SSB Contest will be going back to the North Cooks
in October for CQ WW SSB Contest. Contact W7VV or W7TSQ for more
info/details. Victor states, "It would be nice to have both
North and South Cooks on at the same time for the contest."
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