The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 598 BID: $OPDX.598 February 10, 2003 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
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ICPO, VK3DYL, VK4FW, ZL4HU and ZA/Z35M for the following DX
information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 2nd/February, through
Sunday, 9th/February there were 232 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4X, 5B,
5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7P, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R,
9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A5,
A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE0Z, 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, FH, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR,
FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, HA, HB, HC, HC8, HH, HI, HK,
HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, HZ, I, IS, J3, J5, J6, J7, JA, JT, JW, JY,
K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH3, KH6, KH9, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY,
LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OY, OZ, P2, P4, PA, PJ2,
PJ7, PY, PZ, S2, S5, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9, T31,
T32, T7, T8, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2,
UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6, V7, VE, VK, VK0M, VK9L,
VK9N, VP2E, VP5, VP6, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XW,
YA, YB, YI, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7,
ZD9, ZF, ZK1/s, ZK3, ZL, ZP, ZS.
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain
"Pirate/SLIM" operations. As always, you never know -
"Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).
3D2, FIJI. Tad, JF6OJX (also 7N4AHT, KH7J),
will be active as 3D2JX from Mana Island (IOTA OC-121) between
April 19-24th. His equipment will be a FT-897 and a wire antenna
like a Windom 80. Activity will be on the lower bands 80-30
meters (especially for Europe) and also on 20-6 meters (160m if
possible). QSL Manager is JN1HOW, and a log search will be
available after the operation at: http://www.NDXA.jp/pedi/3d2-2003/.
7K1WLE/Hisa (WLE@DXing.org)
and JJ1LIB/Ted (ted@DXing.org)
will keep in touch with him almost everyday on 40 meters SSB.
9G, GHANA. Arno/DL1CW and Andy/DL3GA are now
active from Cape Coast as 9G5ZZ and 9G5GA, respectively. Their
activity will last until February 18th. They plan to operate on
CW/RTTY/SSB on 80-10 meters including the WARC bands and possibly
6 meters also. 9G5GA was heard this past weekend in the RTTY
contest while 9G5ZZ was operating on 40/30 meters CW. Look for
activity in the ARRL CW Contest. QSLs via homecalls.
A5, BHUTAN. Glenn, W0GJ, active as A51B from
Thimphu, Bhutan, and was quite active on 80 meters CW (around
3503 after 1200z) this past week. He was also heard on 3799 kHz
SSB trying to work the West Coast after 1300z. Glen was heard
during the CQ/RJ WW RTTY Contest this past weekend and is
expected to be in the ARRL CW DX Contest (February 15-16th). He
is expected to be here until February 26th. QSL via W0GJ direct.
C6, BAHAMAS. Look for Ivars, KC4PX, to be
active as C6APX from Nassau (NA-001) now through February 15th.
Activity will be on 6 meters. QSL via KC4PX.
D4, CAPE VERDE. Look for Oleg/UA3TT and
Alex/RW3TN to be active as D44TT from here now through February
16th. Activity will be on all bands and modes. Oleg/UA3TT was
active as D44AC in this past weekend's CQ/RJ Worldwide RTTY WPX
Contest as a Single-Op/Single-Band (10m) entry. QSL both
callsigns via RW3TN.
D4, CAPE VERDE. Fabio, I4UFH, will be active
as D44TD from here during the CQ World Wide DX SSB Contest
(October 25-26th) as a Single-Op/All Band entry. QSL via CT1EKF.
DXCC NEWS...
Bill Moore, NC1L, ARRL DXCC Branch
Manager, would like to remind everyone that the cutoff
date for the next Honor Roll list is rapidly approaching.
In order to appear in the next list that will appear in
August 2003 QST, you must be current on the DXCC Honor
Roll as of March 31, 2003. Applications must be received
or postmarked March 31st, 2003. With the addition of
Ducie Island in 2002, the minimum number of entities
required is 326, and these include only current entities.
Deleted entities do not count towards Honor Roll. For
Number One Honor Roll, the total is 335 current entities.
Plaques are still available for anyone who is currently,
or previously on the Honor Roll. See the DXCC Web site
for the latest order form.
POSSIBLE TWO NEW ENTITIES AND ONE DELETION???
Not yet, but getting closer. Yugoslavia's Parliament
formally abolished its nation (Yugoslavia) on Tuesday,
February 4th. The remaining two republics of Yugoslavia
(Serbia and Montenegro) will now become two loose unions
with semi-independence. According to a deal arranged by
the European Union with an aim to keep the two republics
together, Serbia and Montenegro will continue to share
the capital of Belgrade, and a joint administration for
defense and foreign affairs. With the approval by the two
chambers of the Yugoslav parliament, the birth of a new
country called "Serbia and Montenegro" was
formed. According to the ARRL Web page, "The new
arrangement will have little immediate impact on Amateur
Radio. For DXCC purposes, Serbia and Montenegro will be
considered a single entity--at least for the time
being--and amateurs there are expected to continue using
YU/YT prefixes. The situation could change in three years
when residents of the two republics would be allowed to
vote to stick together or go their separate ways."
HP, PANAMA (IOTA Op). Joel, F5PAC, will once
again be active from here between February 23rd and March 24th.
His callsign was not provided and neither were bands/modes of
activity (However, watch the IOTA frequencies.). He will activate
some of the following islands and his schedule is as follows:
NA-170 - San Blas Province Group from
February 25-27th
NA-202 - Colon/Veraguas North Province
Group from March 3-5th
NA-088 - Bocas Del Toro Province Group
from March 8-9th
NA-071 - Chiriqui/Veraguas South
Province Group from March 11-12th
NA-203 - Los Santos/Herrera/Cocle
Province Group from March 15-16th
NA-072 - Panama/Darien Province Group
from March 19-20th
IO4, ITALY. Filippo, IK4ZHH, informs OPDX
that he will use the callsign IO4T during the ARRL CW Contest
(February 15-16th) as Single-Op/All Band/High Power entry. QSL
via IK4XCL.
IOTA NEWS...
EU-042. Operators Detlev/DL1RTW and
Klaus/DL7UXG will sign homecall/p from Pellworm Island's
Lighthouse, June 20-22nd. Other reference numbers are:
German Island Award N-23, German Lighthouse Award No. 40
and ARLHS FED 187. QSL via their home callsigns.
EU-172. Klaus, DL7UXG, will be active as
OZ/DL7UXG/p from Langeland Island (Danish Island Award -
FY-19), July 26th through August 8th. QSL via his home
callsign.
NA-129. Look for VE8NET to be active
from Banks Island during the 2003 IOTA Contest, July
26-27th. The callsign is from the Western Arctic Amateur
Radio Association. They have 5 confirmed operators and
are looking for five more. Operation will be on all HF
bands plus 6 meters from the community of Sachs Harbour.
Modes will be packet, CW, SSB and satellite. The QSL
Manager will be Neil Sutherland, VE8CQ. QSL cards will
will be in the form of certificates shaped like the
island and will have all the important informataion
necessary to be considered complete for your collection.
J3, GRENADA. You have a few more days to work
Manfred/DJ7RJ, as J3/homecall. His activity this past week has
been mainly on CW, with some SSB on 80/30/17/15/12/10 meters. He
is expected to be there until February 13th.
KH2, GUAM. Kaoru/JA3MCA, Kai/JE3NJZ and
Yuki/JH1NBN will have a HAM vacation from here beginning late
February 13th night through the morning of Febraury 17th.
Activities will be on SSB, CW, DATA and 160-6 meters. Please send
QSLs to their individual JA home callsign as per QRZ.com. The
following are their callsigns and QSL routes: W3MCA/KH2 via
JA3MCA/Kaoru, N3JZ/KH2 via JE3NJZ/Kai and K3ZB/KH2 via
JH1NBN/Yuki. ADDED NOTE: Yuki, JH1NBN, informs OPDX that they
will participate (some hours) in the ARRL Contest next weekend.
NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS FOR 2003...
Election results for officers of the
South Florida DX Association (SFDXA) were announced at
the "Gathering of Friends" DX dinner after the
Miami Tropical Hamboree, Saturday, February 1, 2003. The
results are:
President: Bill, W2CQ
Directors at Large:
Vice-President: Steve, W4DTA
Mike, W4UM Don, W3AZD
Secretary: Gil, W1RG
Bruce, W4OV Pete, N8PR
Treasurer: John, K4WJ
SFDXA is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.
The officers of the National Capitol DX
Association for the year 2003 are:
P4, ARUBA (Update). Andy, P4/K2LE, currently
active from here, will be in the ARRL CW Contest as a
Single-Op/All Band/Low Power entry. QSL via his home callsign.
PIRATE ALERT. Larry, W7AB, trustee of KL0A,
states that activity by KL0A January 28, 2003, at 2058z on 18072
kHz, was a PIRATE. Their station was not active during this time.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
HELP NEEDED! OPDX has been asked to help
find/locate the right QSL route for the Johnston Island
operation during September 1992 by KH3AF. individual
requesting the help states, "I have sent many QSL
cards to his address listed in the FCC database, nothing
ever came back."
Rod, EA7JX, informs OPDX that he is the
new QSL Manager for Serge, EK6DZ. He is also QSL Manager
for EK60SB and VK3FY/DU8 (from OC-235 and OC-180). His
address is: Rodrigo Herrera, P.O. Box 47, 41310, Brenes,
Sevilla, Spain.
Nodir, EY8MM, reports that he has
updated the online log for D4B which includes the CQWW
160 Contest. The URL address is: http://www.qsl.net/d44tt.
Jairo, HK5MQZ, operator of the last
Malpelo operation and active DXer, wants to inform DXers
interested in his QSLs that air mail has increased 100%
in Colombia this year. He requests that you send two
greenstamps or two IRCs when sending for cards. He also
requests, if possible, to use registered mail.
Gerad, F2JD, active as HR5/F2JD has
logged 10000 QSOs at this time. You can check to see if
you are in his log by sending an E-mail to: log.f6kpo@eudil.fr.
(Put YOUR callsign on the Subject line.)
Bill Horner, VK4FW, reports that the
FW8FP QSL cards will arrive from the printer this week.
He apologizes for the delay. The QSL will be a two sided
photographic card, and they had many problems getting
good quality photos for the QSL. He will commence QSLing
immediately once cards are received. All mail that was
received has been put in order by date and will be
answered the same way. Please do not re-QSL.
Photos of the recent XY2A operation can
be viewed at the following Web page (some written in
Japanese and English): http://qth.com/dxshack.
One of the QSL Managers for YI1BGD
(please refer to OPDX.596), Steve, OM3JW, reports that he
will receive the YI1BGD QSLs from the printer on Monday,
February 10th. He requests to PLEASE be patient. A list
of QSLs which Steve has received directly are on the Web
site: http://www.qsl.net/om2dx.
Vlado, ZA/Z35M, informs OPDX that all
direct QSL requests for ZA/Z35M (also fo Z35M) received
as of February 1st, have been answered direct from
Macedonia. QSL only direct to his home address: Vladimir
Kovaceski, Box 10, Struga 6330, Macedonia. Vlado adds
since June 2002, ZA/Z35M has made 21000 QSOs all on HF,
CW and SSB. His is rig: IC-745, 100w and G5RV antenna.
RUSSIAN CONTEST. Artyom, UA3VCS, states,
"C'mon guys try this one out. A really good contest. See you
all there!". He is expected to be active as BW3/UA3VCS from
Taiwan (as Single-Op/Multi-Band entry??). QSL via his CBA. Also,
Nodir, EY8MM, will be active as a Single-Op/Single Band (10m)
entry. QSL via K1BV.
SILENT KEY. Pacific Division Director Jim
Maxwell, W6CF, died February 6th at his home in Redwood Estates,
California. He was 69 years old. Maxwell was an avid DXer and
contester. He served as an ARRL Emergency Coordinator from 1991
to 1999, and he was a member of the ARRL DX Advisory Committee
from 1988 through 1994. Maxwell previously held the call W6CUF.
OPDX and its readers would like to send out our deepest sympathy
to his family and friends.
SPECIAL EVENT. The Federacion de
Radioaficionados de Cuba (FRC) will celebrate this year, the
150th anniversary of the birth of Cuban National Hero "Jose
Marti", with the activation of 9 special callsigns from
several diferent places in Cuba that are related with Jose
Marti's life. The operations will be on all bands and modes. The
following schedule is as follows:
CO0J: February 8-9th
CO0A: July 12-13th
CO0O: March 8-9th
CO0R: August 9-10th
CO0S: April 11-13th
CO0T: September 13-14th
CO0E: May 10-11th
CO0I: Octuber 11-12th
CO0M: June 14-15th
All QSOs will be confirmed via bureau (no QSL is needed) and
those who achieve contact with all 9 stations will receive a
Special Award.
SPECIAL EVENT. Be looking for the callsign
TM6D to be used by the radio club, F6KLF, for the French contest
at the end of February from "Department 26".
SV5, DODECANESE. Bill, SV5AZP, will be active
from Rhodes during the CQ 160-Meter SSB Contest (February
21-23rd) as a Single-Op/Low Power entry. QSL via the address on
QRZ.com.
SX1, GREECE. Costas, SV1XV, informs OPDX that
he will be using the special contest callsign SX1R in the three
CQ WPX Contests for 2003 and possibly in other contests as well.
QSL via SV1XV by the bureau or direct.
TO1, MARTINIQUE. Stefano, IK2QEI, will be
active as TO1A from Laurent's, FM5BH, shack in the ARRL
International SSB DX Contest (March 1-2nd) as a Single-Op/All
Band entry. QSL via IK2QEI.
VK9C & VK9X, COCOS-KEELING AND CHRISTMAS ISLANDS.
Three of the YLs who operated VK9YL and ZK1XYL last year, namely
Gwen/VK3DYL, June/VK4SJ and Elizabeth/VE7YL (CW), will activate
Cocos Keeling Islands (OC-003) October 12-25th, and Christmas
Island (OC-002) October 26th through November 9th next. Activity
will be on 80-10 meters, SSB and CW - no RTTY or PSK. Their
callsigns and detailed QSL information will be announced later by
the QSL Manager VK3DYL.
XT, BURKINA FASO. Fred, G4BWP, is expected to
be active this week as XT2WP in the ARRL DX CW Contest (February
15-16th) as a Single-Op/Single Band (15m) entry. If time permits,
he will try to be active the days before the contest on
30/17/12/6 meters CW before he goes QRT on February 17th. QSL via
G4BWP.
ZF, CAYMAN ISLANDS. John, K0DQ, will be
active as ZF2DQ in the ARRL International DX SSB Contest (March
1-2nd) as a Single-Op/All Band/High Power entry. He informs OPDX
that he will be there 3 days before the contest, mainly to
prepare for the contest. Look for him on 12 and 17 meters for any
activity happening before the contest. Activity will be from
Bruce's, ZF2NT, QTH. QSL via K0DQ.
ZL1AMO IS BACK ON THE AIR. Ron, ZL1AMO, is
back! He was heard this past week working AH3D on RTTY, and he
was on 15 meters (21305 kHz) SSB around 0000z. By the way,
Saturday, February 1st, was Ron's 66th birthday. It was also a
special celebration for Ron's recovery organized by his daughter
Terri, ZL1ADA. The pictures of Ron Wright, ZL1AMO, were taken by
Jacky, F2CW/ZL3CW, and can be found at: http://www.qsl.net/aa0mz/zl1amo.htm.
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