The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 593 BID: $OPDX.593 January 6, 2003 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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the AR TelNet Clusters Network, K1VV, W2GR, NG3K, W3UR & The
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OZ6OM/OZ7M & OZ 50 MHz DX Bulletin, RA6YR, VA3RJ & ICPO,
XQ5SM and ZS6AN for the following DX information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 29/December, through
Sunday, 5/January there were 228 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4W, 4X,
5B, 5R, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J,
9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9U, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV,
BY, C2, C3, C6, CE, CE0A, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2,
DL, DU, 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,
HA, HB, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I,
IS, J6, J7, JA, JD/m, JD/o, JT, JW, 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, PY0F, PZ, S2, S5,
S9, SM, SP, ST, 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, V3, V4, V5,
V6, V7, V8, VE, VK, VK0M, VK9N, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP6, VP8,
VP8/h, VP8/o, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XW, YA, YB, YI, YJ,
YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD9, ZK3,
ZL, ZP, ZS.
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain
"Pirate/SLIM" operations. As always, you never know -
"Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).
3B9, RODRIGUES ISLAND. Robert, 3B9FR, was
active this past week on 20 and 12 meters. Watch 14195 kHz around
1700z and 24950 kHz around 1445z. QSL via the address on QRZ.com.
7Q, MALAWI. Allan, G0IAS, informs OPDX that
Harry, 7Q7HB, will be back in Malawi as of January 5th for
"about" three months. Closely following him will be the
return of Les, 7Q7LA (The first 7Q to be re-issued with a licence
back in 1990). His length of stay is unknown at this time but
expect about three months. Allan states, "These guys will do
anything to get away from the Northern Hemispheres cold winter
weather...after I have seen the Doctor about my Asbestosis... I
may join them ... who knows..?" Allen also mentions that
making a schedule with them may be possible. Howvever, PLEASE, NO
REQUESTS FOR 160M (it is too noisy) but almost anything else
might be accommodated...especially CW on the WARC Bands this time
around. A possible E-mail link may be set up for them (details
forthcoming), but for now all requests can be sent to Allan at: allan.g0ias@btinternet.com.
All QSLs are still only DIRECT to G0IAS (NO BUREAU CARDS and also
there is NO 7Q Bureau).
A5, BHUTAN. Dr. Glenn Johnson, W0GJ, will
once again head back here during the month of February. Look for
him to sign as A51B between February 3-26th. Activity will only
be during his spare time. This trip will have an emphasis on 80
meters CW around 3505 kHz (+/- QRM) during his mornings and
evenings. If conditions are not good look for him on 40 and 30
meters. He does plan to be active on the higher bands after his
sunrise. Glenn also plans to be active in the CQ/RJ WW RTTY
Contest (February 8-9th) and the ARRL CW DX Contest (February
15-16th). QSL via direct to W0GJ.
C6, BAHAMAS. By the time you read this Bill,
KM1E, is expected to be active as C6AGN until March 4th. Activity
will be on 160-6 meters. QSL via W1DIG.
CE9, SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS. Ric, CE9R, is
expected back on King George Island (AN-010) sometime this month.
Activity will be from Escudero Base (WABA CE-11). QSL via CE3HDI.
DXAC NEWS. The new ARRL Great Lakes Director,
Jim Weaver, K8JE, has appointed Billy G. "Pick"
Pickard, WA5PAE, as the new Great Lakes Division DXAC
Representative, effective at noon January 1, 2003. Pick is an
Honor Roll DXer, First Vice-President of the International DX
Association, an active member of the South West Ohio DX
Association, and a frequent DXpeditioner. Pick replaces Ted
Pauck, K8NA, who has served for many years on the DXAC, and has
contributed a substantial amount of time and effort, counsel and
advice to make the DXCC a better program over past many years.
EA8, CANARY ISLANDS. Look for Juha, OH9MM, to
be active as EA8/OH9MM in the ARRL SSB Contest (March 1-2nd) as a
Single-Op/Single Band (20m) entry. QSL via home callsign. Also,
look for Juha, OH6XX, to be active as EA8/OH6XX in the ARRL SSB
Contest as a Single-Op/Single Band (15m) entry. QSL via home
callsign.
IOTA NEWS...
AS-047. Toru/JI5USJ and Makoto/JI5RPT
will be active as homecall/6 from Daito Island (a very
rare islands in Japan) for about a 1 week stay the first
of March. Look for activity on 160-10 meters on SSB, CW,
RTTY and PSK31. More details on their schedule is
forthcoming. QSL direct to home callsigns or via the JARL
QSL bureau.
NA-062. Bob, W2SF, will be signing
W2SF/p from Lower Matecombe Key (USI FL-062S, Monroe
County), in the Florida Keys through June. His activity
will be on CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via his home callsign,
direct or bureau.
SA-057. A group of operators from
Uruguay will activate CV1F from San Gabriel Island,
January 10-13th. They may also activate Farallon
Lighthouse (URU-003). San Gabriel Island is 1 mile from
the Lighthouse, but access to Farallon Island is
restricted. There is no Lighthouse on San Gabriel Island.
Activity will be on 40-6 meters CW/SSB, and possibly
160/80 meters and some digital. QSL via EA5KB.
SA-061. Look for opeators Gladys/CA6TBB,
Caelos/CE6AMN, Marco/CE6TBN, Jamie/CE6AKH, Fernando/XQ5SM
and Mario/CE6NE to be active as CE6M from Mocha Island,
January 15-18th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters
CW/SSB. QSL to P.O. Box 591, Temuco, Chile.
JD1, MINAMI TORISHIMA. JD1YBJ was quite
active this past weekend on CW/SSB. Watch around 7009, 10100,
18073 and 18133 kHz. Activity starts around 1100z and again
around 2130z.
JD1, OGASAWARA ISLANDS (IOTA Op). Fukushige,
JM6DZB, is on Iwo Jima Island (AS-030) in the Kazan Island Group
(aka Volcano Islands). He will be active as JM6DZB/JD1, however,
he is here to work and will only be active during his free time.
His planned stay is through the end of December. Activity will be
on 80/40/15 meters SSB. QSL via the Bureau to his home callsign.
Meanwhile, special event JARL station, 8N1OGA, continues to be
active. Over the past weekend, 8N1OGA was heard on
160/80/40/20/15/12 meters. Activity will last through the end of
the month. QSL via the JARL Bureau or direct to JA1MRM.
KP2, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. Just a few more
days to work Joe/W8GEX and John/WZ8D as N8Z from St. Croix
(NA-106). Activity will end January 8th. Activity continues to be
on 160-6 meters. QSL direct to WZ8D.
PJ7, ST. MAARTEN. Ron, ND5S, informs OPDX to
look for him to be active as PJ7/ND5S and Sue as PJ7/KF5LG from
St.Maarten (IOTA NA105) between February 9th and February 22nd.
Ron will again participate in the ARRL CW DX Contest. Outside of
the contest, activity will be 160-10 meters CW, RTTY and SSB in
that order. Details of past trips can be found at: http://www.qsl.net/nd5s.
QSL via PJ7/ND5S direct or bureau.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
Mike, W2GR, informed the DX community
that he is now handling DIRECT cards for Rob, HK3CW, due
to the very poor postal system there. He hardly gets his
mail and never knows if his even leaves the country! Mike
will handle past and future DIRECT ONLY cards for Rob via
his CBA: Mike Benjamin, 1064 99th Street, Niagara Falls,
NY 14304. ALL BUREAU CARDS CAN AND SHOULD GO TO Rob. The
HK Bureau has been working very well there lately, and
the kicker is that Rob is helping to run it along with
HK3DDD and HK3BZO. Rob states that they have sent out 40
kilos since taking it over from the previous management
last May.
John, ON4UN, was active this past
weekend in the ARRL RTTY Contest using a brand new
Belgian prefix. He was using the callsign OR3T which is a
special contest callsign. QSL via ON4UN.
Ferdi, XQ5SM, Chairman for the Southern
Cross DX Group, informs OPDX that the following Chilean
stations were active during the last ARRL 10M Contest
(December 14-15th, 2002). QSL as follows:
CE3N (by CE3NR & CE4PBB) in the Multi-Single entry.
QSL via CE3NR.
CB4Y (by CE4FXY & CE4USW) in the Multi-Single entry.
QSL via CE4FXY.
3G5A (by XQ5SM) in the SOLP SSB entry. QSL via XQ5SM.
They are all members of Southern Cross DX Group. Address
details can be found at QRZ.COM. Also, CB4Y has a Web
page with an on-line log search at: http://www.qsl.net/cb4y.
OCTAVIA ANNOUNCES NEW RELEASE OF VISUAL CALLSIGN
DATABASE. Octavia is pleased to announce the new
release of "Visual Callsign Database 3.0 ESD"
(VCD), a most comprehensive source of the Commonwealth of
Independent States (CIS) callsign information. First
released in 1990 as R&R Callsign Database, VCD is
designed to assist hams in successfully QSLing the CIS
countries of the old Soviet Union. The updated version
offers more photographs and the most accurate and updated
listings. It covers all over the CIS (Armenia, Azerbajan,
Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrghyzstan, Moldova,
Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and
Turkmenistan) and provides instant access to over 81,568
database entries. OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive
the complete press release as an additional bulletin. A
30-day trial version is free to download from the Octavia
Web site at: http://www.octavia.com/vcd/download.asp.
DON'T BE SURPRISED if you received your
H44XX QSL from another ham other than VK1AA. OPDX was
informed that Nick states, "QSL cards received with
insufficient postage or multiple requests for different
callsigns would be in the future forwarded in same
manner." Cards are returned to local area hams to be
forwarded on, however, Nick does not provided postage or
SAE. Nick also states he is NOT ashamed of his QSL
practices and says "Should you believe you've been
ripped-off, please return my H44XX QSL card and I will
gladly refund your money (incl. postage)."
SPECIAL EVENT. Look for special event station
KM1CC to be active from January 11-19th, from Cape Cod, MA. USA,
to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Guglielmo Marconi's first
wireless telegraph transmission between the United States and
Europe. A few added events will take place:
Marconi's daughter Princess Elettra Marconi is scheduled
to attend the event.
KM1CC will transmit a PRESIDENTIAL Commemorative message
from President George W. Bush on January 18, 2003.
NASA International Space Station Link Selected
Students from three Cape Cod High Schools will
communicate with astronauts aboard the orbiting
International Space Station.
V3, BELIZE. Art Phillips, NN7A, informs OPDX
that he will operate as V31JZ/p from South Water Caye, Belize
(IOTA NA-180), January 17-20th. This will be a part-time
one-person operation with 100 watts, and vertical and wire
antennas. Operation will be mostly CW on 40-10 meters including
the WARC bands; some 80 and 160 meters. Some SSB on 20 and 15
meters IOTA frequencies are possible, conditions permitting. IOTA
NA-180 was opened as a new IOTA by Art and Mike Sharp, NG7S /
V31RL, in February, 1993. QSL direct via NN7A (Art Phillips, P.O.
Box 201, Flagstaff, AZ 86002 USA), or to NN7A via the ARRL
bureau. No skeds, please. There will be no on-line logs, and
E-mail contact will not be possible while on the island. Visit
the DXpedition Web site at: http://www.nadxa.com.
WABA DIRECTORY. The WABA (Worked Antarctic
Bases Award) Directory 2003 is now available for free downloading
as .PDF file on the club's web site at: http://www.ddxc.net.
The WABA Directory 2003 includes a 12-page revised Antarctic
bases listing (with corrections, integrations and a new column
for IOTA reference numbers) as well as a new section (6 pages)
for historical notes. The download is very easy to make by
connecting to the Web page and following the instructions.
XY, MYANMAR. Hiroo, JA2EZD, is expected to
head back to Myanmar later this month. Look for him to sign XY1M
between January 14-29th. He plans to concentrate on 6 meters and
the Low Bands. QSL via XW2A.
YA, AFGHANISTAN. By the time you read this,
operators Toshi/JA8RUZ and Kiba/JK1KHT should be QTH as YA1JA.
QSL YA1JA via JA1CQT: Hiro Nakanishi, 1-9-5 Kuriki, Isogo-ku,
Yokohama City, Kanagawa Pref 235-0041, Japan. However, another
operator, Sada/JA1PBV, will be in Kabul and will be active as
YA1BV until mid-January (15th was mentioned by some sources).
Activity by YA1BV has been mainly on 40 and 30 meters CW. QSL
YA1BV via JA1PBV: Sadao Itoh, 3-8-12 Baraki, Ishioka, Ibaraki
315, Japan.
ZK1, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Victor, ZK1CG, from
Rarotonga Island, informed OPDX that he will continue to use the
special callsign ZK1USA until January 17th. He can usually be
found on (or near) 14275, 21303 and 28495 kHz as early as 1800z
and as late as 0330z. Victor also mentioned he has received his
QSLs from Italy this past week and will begin sending out the
cards for his ZK1CG and ZK1USA contacts.
ZK3, TOKELAU ISLANDS (BOGUS INFO RECEIVED).
SORRY, This sometimes happens. Mario, IZ8DBJ, informed OPDX that
the information about him heading here was false. OPDX originally
received this information from another source which contained a
"fishy" E-mail address. The editor should have
questioned the information. Thanks to Mario for letting OPDX
readers know about the bogus report.
ZL1AMO UPDATE. Judy, AA7UC, reports this
week: "As we enter the year 2003, Terri Wright informs us
that her dad, Ron, ZL1AMO, has been moved to Waitakere Hospital.
This hospital is closer to home which makes it easier for
Jeanette and the family to visit Ron. I reiterated to Terri that
Ron's friends are anxious to hear from him and I asked her if he
would be up to writing a few words for the medical update. She
said that at this point in his rehabilitation he still lacks the
strength. It remains an effort for him to get to the toilet and
shower -- he shuffles very slowly. He also remains on oxygen;
however, his condition has improved so we continue to hope and
pray."
ZONE 2. Operators Gerald/VE2ACP, Steve/VE2TKH
and Gervais/VE2UE will activate Zone 2 in Lac Julienne (near
Wabush), Labrador, January 14-17th. Look for VO2UE to be used by
Gerald and Gervais. Steve will operate as VE2TKH/VO2 or possibly
a VO2 callsign if he can get it in time. This will be a generator
and battery operation with activity on most of the HF bands,
mainly on SSB with some CW. Please visit their Web site (still
under construction) at: http://www.qsl.net/ve2tkh.
ZS, SOUTH AFRICA. John, ZS6AN, in Pretoria,
South Africa, informs OPDX that well known Southern Califonian
DXer, Steve McCully, W7TZ, will be in South Africa from January
1st through Februray 1st. He will be operating from both John's
base station as well as his mobile station using the callsign
ZS*/W7TZ from all of the South African continental call areas.
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