The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 617 BID: $OPDX.617 July 7, 2003 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
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the following DX information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 29th/June, through
Sunday, 6th/July there were 214 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I,
4W, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X,
8P, 8R, 9A, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9Q, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A6,
A7, AP, BV, BY, C3, CE, 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, FH, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GM, GU, GW,
H4, HA, HB, HB0, HC, HI, HK, HL, HP, HR, HS, HV, HZ, I, IS, J3,
J8, JA, JD/m, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH6, KH8, KH9,
KL, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH, OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX,
OY, OZ, P2, PA, PJ2, PY, PZ, S0, S2, S5, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV,
SV5, SV9, T32, T7, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TK, TL, TU, TY, UA, UA2,
UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP8,
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, 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 (Addition/Correction to OPDX.616).
Paul, A35RK, informs OPDX that Mike/KM9D (aka T21MY), Jan/KF4TUG
(aka T2YL), himself, and his wife Va'inga will be visiting with
Jytte Jarl, 3D2AJ, and her husband Arnold, at their home on Vanua
Levu. They will be there from July 12-21st. Mike and Jan, who
have been sailing around the Pacific the last two years, may stay
longer on Fiji. Anyway, Paul states he will be active, on a
casual basis, from Vanua Levu, using his Fiji callsign, 3D2RK.
This is a holiday for them, not a DXpedition operation, but there
will be equipment and antennas available to them. Mike and Jan
may also be active from the same QTH, but Paul doesn't know their
callsigns yet. QSL 3D2RK via W7TSQ.
3DA, SWAZILAND. Rad/ZS6RAD, Ron/ZS5ABD,
Cliff/ZS6BOX and Willie/ZS5WI will be operating from Swaziland
from July 29th to August 3rd. They have been granted the callsign
3DA0DX by the Swaziland authorities. They will be joined by
Willy/3DA0BD and Andy/3DA0TM. Activity will be on most bands from
160 meters through to UHF as time and conditions dictate. They
will be using Phone, CW, WSJT, Slow Scan and RTTY from 0300-0700z
and from 1400-2200z daily. QSL via the bureau or direct to ZS5WI:
PO Box 1064, Eshowe, 3815, KZN, South Africa (Enclose a SAE, and
it will be appreciated if the cost of postage can be covered as
they have not secured any sponsorship).
40 METERS TO CHANGE! The following was
announced on the ARRL Web site this past week: "Radio
History is Made at WRC-03 with 7-MHz Realignment Compromise (July
3, 2003) -- There's good news from World Radiocommunication
Conference 2003 (WRC-03) for 40-meter enthusiasts. In an
11th-hour compromise, delegates to WRC-03, which wraps up
officially July 4, agreed to move broadcasters out of 7100 to
7200 kHz in Regions 1 and 3 to make room for the Amateur Service.
The agreement eventually will mean a 200-kHz worldwide allocation
at 40 meters. Although the change does not go into effect until
2009, that's considered speedy in International Telecommunication
Union (ITU) terms. Some of the timelines proposed during
discussions on the 7 MHz agenda item would have held off the
changes until 2033! The WRC-03 action on 7 MHz makes no change in
the exclusive US 40-meter allocation. US amateurs will continue
to enjoy the full 7000 to 7300 kHz band they now have."
60 METERS IS UP AND ACTIVE! Martin, W9XN/8,
reports that the 1st Continental U.S. QSO on 60 meters took place
at on 5403.5 kHz at 0400z, on July 3rd. QSO was between W9XN/8
(Martin) in Westover, W.V. and N0FW (Pete) in Cincinnati
(Hamilton), OH. RS reports were 59 both ways. Martin states that
he used a TS-430S and 60 Meter Tri-Pole.
7P, LESOTHO (Update to OPDX.612). The July
18-25th 7P8 DXpedition by the Lone Star DX Association and the
Texas DX Society has added two additional operators to its team.
Noted Texas contester Larry Alkoff, N2LA, and his XYL Karen,
K2DXV, of Austin have joined the U.S.-Canada team of K5LBU/7P8CF,
W0IZ/7P8IZ, K4SV/7P8DA, W5MJ/7P8MJ, VA7DX/7P8NK and WW5L/7P8TA
that will be on an all bands, all modes operation from Mohale's
Hoek, Lesotho. The Alkoffs have requested the callsign 7P8LA and
7P8KA. The Alkoffs are members of the Central Texas DX and
Contest Club in Austin. A online Web site and log search will be
available once the DXpedition begins at: http://www.amsatnet.com/7p8.html.
9A, CROATIA. Operators 9A1A, 9A7A, 9A3B,
9A4D, 9A5D and 9A7D will be active as 9A0HQ in the IARU HF World
Championship (July 12-13th). Activity will be on all bands and
modes. QSL via 9A1A (automatically via the bureau for all
contacts).
C6, BAHAMAS. Steve/AK0M and his wife Sandy
(callsign not provided) will be active as C6ASB and C6ASC,
repectively, on Abaco Island (NA-080) from July 22-30th. Steve
informs OPDX that this trip is primarily a family vacation, and
he will be on the air as time permits. However, he does mention
he will do some participation in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July
26-27th) as a Single-Op. Steve states this operation will be low
key, 100 watts (IC-706) and QRP (FT-817) to a vertical from
N4JQQ's old QTH, and a Buddipole from the beach. CW is his
preferred mode, but there may be some SSB, and maybe PSK31. QSL
via his home callsign, AK0M.
CP1, BOLIVIA (Special Activity/Contest). Look
for Radio Club La Paz's official club station, CP1AA, to be on
the air along with some other CP1 stations July 19th. Stations
will be calling: CQ OH! LINDA LA PAZ TEST. A nice diploma will be
awarded and a QSL confirming the contact. All amateur stations
can participate. Their band/mode schedule are as follows:
MODE BAND CP TIME UTC TIME
SSB 80 1800-2200 2200-0200
SSB 40 1300-2200 1700-0200
SSB 20 1600-2000 2000-0000
CW 20 1600-2000 2000-0000
RTTY 20 1600-2000 2000-0000
QSLs should be sent before August 31st, 2003, to: RADIO CLUB
LA PAZ, P.O.BOX 2111, LA PAZ, BOLIVIA. Their Web site is at: http://www.radioclublapaz.netfirms.com.
DA0, GERMANY. Look for 55 operators from DARC
to activate the callsign DA0HQ in the IARU Contest. QSL via
DL5AXX.
HB9, SWITZERLAND. Operators HB9CVN, HB9DOS,
HB9DQP, HB9FAE, HB9FBL, HB9FBM, HB9DOM, HB9YC, HB9ALM and HB9BZM
will be active during the IARU Contest using the callsign HB9A.
Activity will be on all bands and modes.
IOTA NEWS...
AF-046. A team of operators will headed
to Desertas Island, Madeira Islands, between July
23-27th. The main purpose of this trip is to mount a VHF
repeater on this island, which will enlarge the VHF
communications between all the islands in the Madeira
Archiplego. Activity will be on SSB, CW and RTTY, on
80/40/20/17/15/12/10/6 meters. They will try to use the
IOTA frequencies and also enter in the RSGB IOTA Contest.
Callsigns will be CT9D and CT9M for RTTY. Operators are:
CT3BD, CT3DL, CT3EE, CT3IA, CT3EN, CT3IQ, CT3KY, CT3KU
and DF4SA. QSL via CS3MAD: Associacao de Radioamadores da
Regiao da Madeira, P.O.Box 4694, 9000 Funchal, Ilha da
Madeira, Portugal.
AS-NEW. Operators Kim/HL1OYF,
Phil/HL1TXQ, Park/HL1EJT, Han/HL1VAU, Kim/HL3QP,
Butch/HL9DX, Jeon/DS1EVQ, Cho/DS1KOQ, Jeon/DS3BGI, and
Ryu/DS4NYE (ed. This list of operators MAY change!) will
be active between July 17-20th from Chuk Island (a new
IOTA in the Kangwon-Do Province group). They will sign
homecall/2. Due to the island being a military defense
zone, operation will only take place during the daytime
hours. The daily schedule will be as follows: Daily
operation will start at 2030z and daily withdraw from
island will be at 1000z. Since their time is limited,
PLEASE DO NOT DUPLICATE QSOs. Activity will take place
around the usual IOTA frequencies and DX windows. QSL
direct only to Kim, HL1OYF: P.O.Box 54 Dong-jak, 156-600
Seoul, South Korea.
EU-016. Roger, 9A/ON4TX, will activate
the Island of Prezba (CI-092) from July 13-27th. No bands
or modes of activity were provided.
EU-129. Look for German operators DH1LA,
DH2AX, DH7NO, DL2RTK, DL2SWW, DL2VFR, DL6ATM and possibly
others to participate in the IOTA Contest (July 26-27th)
as DL0KWH from Peenemuende, Usedom Island. They will be
active 2-3 days before the contest and will operate using
their individual callsigns on CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL
via the Bureau.
EU-136. Operators 9A2EU, 9A3SM, 9A4KJ
and 9A5MR will be active as 9A7T/p from Trstenik Island
in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th) as a Multi-Single
Low Power Island Expedition entry. QSL via 9A2EU.
EU-145. Operators CT1AGF, CT1HGS, CT3FN,
F6HMJ, G3KHZ, VA2AM and possibly some more CT1 operators
will be active in the RSGB IOTA Contest as an Expedition
class entry from Culatra Island. Their callsign will be
CS5C. QSL route is not yet set, maybe CT1AHU. For more
information, visit the Web page at: http://ct1end.netpower.pt/eu145_culatra_2003.
EU-170. IOCA 2003 TOUR UPDATE (Refer to
OPDX.614). Emir, 9A6AA, reports that 4 new islands have
been added to their list of islands to be activated
during their "IOCA 2003 TOUR" (Operators are
Eugene, 9A/RZ3EC; Sergey, 9A/UA3NAN; and Emir, 9A6AA.
Activity on July 12-19th.) is:
Kosmerka : CI-441 (near Zirje Island)
Vrtlac : CI-442 (near Zirje Island)
Sedlo : CI-249 (between Kurba V. and Zirje Islands)
Samograd : CI-248 (between Kurba V. and Zirje Islands)
EU-181. Operators LZ1QV, LZ1ZM, LZ1ZU,
LZ1TA, LZ3YY, LZ4BU and possibly others will be active as
LZ1KSL from Sveta Anastasiya Island in the RSGB IOTA
Contest (July 26-27th). QSL via LZ4BU.
EU-187. Operators SV9ANJ, SV9ANK,
SV9BGE, SV9BKZ, SV9BMC, SV9BMJ, SV9COL, SV9DJR, SV9FBG,
SV9FBM and SV9GPM will be participating in the RSGB IOTA
Contest from Dia Island (Crete's costal island) as a
Multi-Operator/Mixed Mode/IOTA Island Station
(DXpedition)/High Power entry. They will use the special
callsign J49DIA. Their time of activity will be from
1200z, July 26th to 1200z, July 27th. QSL via SV9ANK.
NA-140. Jay, AE4MK, will be active as
W3I from "Maryland West", Kent Island in the
RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27) as a Single-Op/Phone
entry. He plans on operating 12 hours for contest on
40-10 meters between 1200-2400z on July 26th. QSL via
AE4MK.
SA-024. Members of the Rio DX Group will
operate from Comprida Island (Grid Locator: GG65) July
25th to August 3rd. Callsigns will be PT2C and PQ2C.
Activity will be on 40-6 meters CW/SSB, on or near the
usual DX and IOTA frequencies. Operators are: PY1NEW
(Pete), PY1NEZ (Lima) and PY1VOY (Rick). The team will be
active in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th and the
K/VE Island Contest (August 2-3rd). QSL the following via
Direct or by the Bureau: PT2C via PY1NEZ and PQ2C via
PY1NEW. Electronic QSL (eQSL) to PT2C and PQ2C will be
confirmed: http://via www.eQSL.cc.
JX, JAN MAYEN. Ove, LA2IJ, will be active as
JX2IJ from July 24-31st. Activity will be mostly on RTTY, but
also on SSB. Operating hours are uncertain. Suggested frequencies
are: for RTTY 14083 and 21083; and for SSB on 20/17/15/12/10
meters depending on conditions. Ove informs OPDX he will be busy
with work most of the days. QSL via LA2IJ direct or via the
bureau. If direct, return postage must be 2 USD or 1 IRC due to
high postal rates in Norway.
KP4, PUERTO RICO. Alfredo, WP3C, will be
active as KP4AH in the RSGB IOTA Contest (July 26-27th) as a
Single-Op/24 Hrs/CW Only entry. QSL via DIRECT ONLY to KP4AH.
LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY...
Operators CT1AGF, CT1EPV and CT3FN will
activate the Lighthouse on Cabo de Santa Maria Culatra Island
(IOTA: EU-145, L.H. numbers: LH 0144 and POR 013 36) using the
callsign CS5F from July 19-20th. QSL CS5F via HB9CRV/CT3FN:
Hermann Stein, Brueelmatten 13, CH4410 Liestal, Switzerland. For
more information, visit the Web page at: http://ct1end.netpower.pt/eu145_culatra_2003.
The Bahia Blanca DX Group will take part
again in the International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend
(August 16-17th). This time from three different
lighthouses at the same time. The group will not use any
special callsign this time, only their personal
callsigns/provincial letters (depending on the
Lighthouse). Activity from all three lighthouses will be
on all bands (including the WARC bands) and modes during
the 48 hours event, uninterrupted. Here are the
lighthouses that will be activated along with the
operators:
Recalada Lighthouse -- Grid:
FF91ia (ARG-009, Buenos Aires Province
"/D"). Operators are: LU8EBK/Marcos,
LU6EPR/Ricardo, LU4DRH/Dario, LU6DRD/Diego,
LU8ECF/Hugo, LW9EVA/Hugo, LU8EHQ/Carlos,
LW3DKO/Cira and LW7DNS/Alejandra. El Rincon Lighthouse -- Grid:
FF80xo (ARG-???, Buenos Aires Province
"/D"). Operators are: LU4ETN/Carlos,
LU8EBJ/Gabriel, LW3DKC/Sebastian and
LW8DMK/Marcelo. Rio Negro Lighthouse -- Grid:
FE88ow (ARG-???, Rio Negro Province
"/V"). Operators are: LU7DSY/Carlos,
LU5DRV/Walter, LW9EAG/Gabriel, LU9ESD/Emmanuel
and LU8DWR/Osmar.
Their QSL Manager is LU7DSY/Carlos: P.O. Box 709, 8000
Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The BBDX Group's
Web site is at: http://www.geocities.com/bbdxgroup.
LT1, ARGENTINA. The "Bad Power
Team", consisting of operators LU1FAM, LU1FGE, LU1FKR and
LW9EOC, will be active in the IARU International Contest as LT1F.
QSL via AC7DX. Their Web page is at: http://www.badpower.com.ar.
OE, AUSTRIA. Be looking for several OE*XHQ
stations to be active and handing out multipliers during the IARU
World Championship. For example, don't be surprised to hear
OE1XHQ on SSB on one band, and on the same band on SSB hear them
signing OE5XHQ. Complete details on WHO is operating WHAT
callsigns on what band ....etc is currently not available.
OJ0, MARKET REEF. Seppo/OH1VR and Lasse/OH0RJ
will be active from here July 10-14th. They will be active as
OJ0VR and OJ0RJ on 160-6 meters. Look for them to be active as
OJ0U during the IARU World Championship. QSL via OH1VR, direct
ONLY!
OY, FAROE ISLANDS. Karl, DK4ARL, will be
active as OY/DK4ARL from August 4-13th. He prefers CW and SSB.
Karl will be active from a camping site. His mobile home will be
his QTH. QSL via the DARC Bureau.
Pedro, HK3JJH, informs OPDX that he made
2070 QSOs from Titumate Island (SA-093) in October 2002.
He received 803 direct QSL cards, and all have been
answered direct. He made 1970 QSOs from Morro Grande
Island (SA-082) in June 2003, and received 170 direct QSL
cards, and all have been answered direct. No QSLs were
received via the bureau for these two operations, and
Pedro thinks he will not receive any in the future. Pedro
wants to remind everyone that the ONLY QSL Manager he has
is for his Malpelo operations (N4AA). All other
expeditions are answerd only direct to his home callsign.
QSL RECEIVED! George, K8GG, reports
"I received my S05X QSLs last week from the April
2003 operation via the URE in Madrid and I received my
TX4PG QSLs this week from the April/May 2003 operation
via I2YSB. QSLs were mailed 7 weeks after the
operation!"
USE THE CORRECT ADDRESS. Ric, DL2VFR,
informs OPDX that the new address for DL2SWW and DF9TM
(recently active as V31FG and V31DG) is only correct on
BUCK.com. The address on QRZ.com is incorrect, and they
are trying to have it changed. The correct address is:
Family Dreyer, Gartenweg 9, D-19069 Alt-Meteln, Germany.
The Dreyers currently have no internet access, and the
fowarding of mail from the old address will end very
soon. By the way, V31FG and V31DG cards will be coming
from the printer soon.
Rick, NE8Z, announced last week that he
is now the QSL Manager for all VQ9DX QSOs going back to
1996. Ron, AA5DX/VQ9DX is his cousin. His mother and
Rick's mother (WB8WNJ) are sisters. QSLs are being
printed and all old/new logs will be at his QTH within
2-3 weeks. Ron is presently active again on Diego Garcia
(AF-007) until the end of July. NE8Z's address is: Rick
Dorsch, P.O. Box 616, Hamburg, MI 48139.
SV5, DODECANESE. Look for Hubert, DK9NCX, to
be active as SV5/DK9NCX from August 20th through September 3rd.
Activity will be QRP and on CW/SSB. QSL via the DARC Bureau.
SV/A, MOUNT ATHOS (Gone Silent!). Bad News!
Kostas, SV1DPI, informed the DX community this past week that he
telephoned Monk Apollo to ask him to be active again. Monk Apollo
told him that his HF transceiver (an old Icom) has been burned up
for two months. A friend of his (a radioamateur from
Thessaloniki) tried to repair it without success. So he now has
no radio, and it looks like no activity until he receives another
radio.
T32, EAST KIRIBATI (Also, possibly KH6).
Hiro, JA0SC (ex-KH0/JA0SC, 3D2HY, XU7ABE, A35SC, 5W0HY, T22SC,
9N7SC, VK9CI and VK9LI), plans a visit to Christmas Island, East
Kiribati, and work on the digital modes mostly as T32SC in early
August. He will depart Narita on August 2nd and arrive in
Honolulu, Hawaii, on the same day. He might be active as
KH6/JA0SC. Hiro will depart Honolulu on Augast 3rd and arrive on
Christmas Island on the same day. Using the callsign T32SC, he
will be active from Captain Cook Hotel for 7 days. Activity will
be on 20-10 meters, mostly using SSTV and RTTY. His equipment is:
Rigs - HL-200BDX and FT-100 (Max-power 200 watts); Antennas: 2
element HB9CV and 14-28 Mhz tri-bander. He will depart Christmas
Island on August 11th and arrive in Honolulu on the same day.
Once again, he might be active as KH6/JA0SC before returning to
Narita (August 12th). QSL to his home callsign JA0SC direct
(address is OK on QRZ.COM). ADDED NOTE: Hiro will be active in
the "26th JASTA SSTV Activity Contest". Contest rules
are available at the URL: http://village.infoweb.ne.jp/%7Ejasta/english/index.html.
T5/EI5C (Where are the doc's?). Bill Leehan,
N5SUM, is trying to put together a list of DXers who like to see
or be interested in "pushing" (getting the ball
rolling) the Irish IRTS (ARRL) to obtain/submit documentation for
their 1994 T5/EI5C operation. Currently, T5/EI5C cards are NOT
accepted for DXCC because they never submitted the necessary
documents. Bill has tried on several occasions to contact the
operator, the club (EI5C) president and the secretary of the
IRTS. He has NEVER received the courtesy of a reply, even when he
sent money ($$) for postage. If you are interested in helping to
get the ball rolling or would like to be added to the list of
DXers that need T5/EI5C to count, please E-mail Bill at: n5sum@totacc.com.
TF, ICELAND. After his activity from Faroe
Island (see OY above), Karl, DK4ARL, will head to Iceland and be
active as TF/DK4ARL from August 14-21st. QSL via the DARC Bureau.
TZ, MALI. A intenational team called the
"NUMBER-ONES" is preparing to go to the Mali Republic,
and will be active on the air from August 12-23rd. Activity will
be on CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK, SSTV and Satellite AO-40 with
operations on all bands. Their QTH will be from Bamako, the
capital city of this beautiful and tropical African country. All
operators are veteran Dxpeditioners and "Number One"
operators:
From Mexico
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The outstanding DXer and well known expeditioner Luis, XE1L.
From USA
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The best specialist in digitals and satellites from Oakland, California: Doug, N6TQS.
From Italy
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Computers specialist and complete CW/SSB
operator (from operations such as EL2PP, 1A0KM, JT1Y,
E30GA, T77V, TT8MM, T32R, KH5/I8NHJ, K5K and XR0X), Max,
I8NHJ.
From Spain
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A young, but veteran, CW operator from
Valencia land, Javi, EA5KM. And finally Paco, EA5RD,
SSB/Digitals and Julio, EA5XX, SSB/Digitals organizing
and planning of this International DXpedition.
There will be more operators added to complete this
"DREAM TEAM" operating from Mali. They want to reach
every place in the world with very strong signals from Africa in
a 10 days, 24 hours, all modes, all bands operation. The URE,
Spanish Radioamatuer Association, will be the QSL manager, so the
QSL cards will be via EA4URE. More information is forthcoming.
VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. Matt, IK2SGC,
informs OPDX that he will be on North Caicos as VP5/IK2SGC from
August 10-19th. Activity will be on 160-10 meters and also 6
meters.
VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. Dave, AH6HY,
will be active as VP5/AH6HY from Grand Turk Island (NA-003),
September 26th through October 4th. His activity will be on 40-10
meters SSB only. QSL via AH6HY. His Web site is at: http://www.qsl.net/ah6hy/.
VP9, BERMUDA. Lou, K1YR, informs OPDX that he
will be operating as VP9/K1YR from VP9GE's QTH from July 9-16th.
This will include the IARU Contest. Activity will be on SSB/CW HF
and maybe 6 meters. QSL to his home call.
W1AW/3 IARU OPERATIONS. Well-known contester
Tim, K3LR, announced this past week: "As many of you already
know, next weekend is the IARU HF World Championship contest.
Station K3LR (nine band modes) along with two band modes at K3CR
and one band mode at W3GH will host the Headquarters station for
the American Radio Relay League as W1AW/3 for the 24 hour
contest. As you can imagine, this operation is a dream come true
for me. Many regular contest men from the K3LR multi multi team
will be here to give the ARRL HQ multiplier out to as many
stations as possible. Operators scheduled to be on the team are:
K3UA, N3RA, N9RV, K8MR, W9ZRX, W2RQ, LZ4AX, K8AZ, K8NZ, W9RE,
W3GH and N3GJ. Thanks to Jim/WA3FET and Bob/W3GH for their help
in manning their stations for the W1AW/3 effort. Also special
thanks to the dedication and hard work by Dave, W9ZRX, we will
have real time Intenet linked combined CT log data from the
station at Penn State University (K3CR). We hope that conditions
and world wide participation are good for this event."
XU, CAMBODIA. Danny/M0GMT (19 yrs old) and
Oliver/DJ9AO (20 yrs old), members of the World Wide Young
Contesters Club (http://www.wwyc.net),
will be operating from here between August 3-18th. Their QTH will
be in Sihanoukville. Activity is planned on all bands 160-6
meters on CW and SSB, if possible with two stations at the same
time. The activity will include an entry in the WAE CW Contest.
Their assigned callsigns are XU7ACT and XU7ACU. QSLs are via
G3SWH. A Web site is available, as well as online log checking,
please visit for updated information at: http://www.geocities.com/dxpedition2003.
YR0, ROMANIA. The Romanian Amateur Radio
Federation will participate in the 2003 IARU World Wide
Championship with a team representing 50 operators gathered
around the IARU HQ contest station using the callsign YR0HW. This
year the RARF will use the suffix HW instead of the usual HQ
suffix letters in the honor of YO4HW, their team leader for many
years, who died last year after putting a serious effort in this
competition. A special colored QSL card will be printed and sent
via the bureau to all contacts.
ZA, ALBANIA (ALBANIA HITS THE RADIOWAVES AGAIN!).
A press release from Martti Laine, OH2BH: "The International
group will be in Albania as you read this. DL6LAU, DL8OBQ, OH2BH,
OH2NB and OH3BHL are there and making the preparatory steps for
setting up a training program to enhance amateur radio further as
well as operating on several new band modes, such as 6 meters and
2 meters.
They will join Geni, ZA1B and operate this callsign until 13
July with two stations. QSL cards will be handled together with
the April/May ZA1B operation by OH2BH.
At the end of the week they will team up with the Albanian
resident operators for the IARU Radiosport and activate the AARA
(Albanian Amateur Radio Association) HQ station. ZA1A may be
re-activated for the period of the IARU Contest and the upcoming
training program. QSL ZA1A also via OH2BH."
ZONE 2. Two members from "Club de
Radioamateur de Beauce" will activate this rare zone between
July 8-15th. Look for Jacques/VE2AZX and Rosaire/VE2GHZ to be
active from Sept-Iles, Havre Saint-Pierre and Natashquan. They
will operate SSB, mainly between 2300 and 0200z, on HF bands 40,
20 and 15 meters (Suggested frequencies are: 7095/7225, 14195 and
21295 kHz up), depending on local conditions, using the callsign
VE2GHZ/2. QSL via home callsign either direct (CBA) or through
the bureau.
ZS5, SOUTH AFRICA. Edwin, ZS5BBO, informs
OPDX that after a long absence of two years, he has finally put
up his beam. He will be active as ZS5T in the up and coming IARU
HF World Championship (July 12-13th). He is looking forward to
working old friends and making new ones in the contest. Edwin
will be operating on 10, 15 and 20 meters. Between now and the
contest, Edwin will be active at odd times conducting tests and
would appreciate reports from around the world.
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