The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 633 BID: $OPDX.633 November 3, 2003 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern
Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K &
the AR TelNet Clusters Network, K1XN & GoList, WA1S, K2EWB,
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& QRZ DX, K5LBU, N5FG, K8AV, K8YSE, NE8Z, W8AEF, KU9C,
DL/VE3ZIK & contesting.info, DL1EK/DL7VOA & DX
Newsletter, EA5EYJ, EA5YN, I2YSB, JI6KVR & JA-IOTA Islands
News, JL1UXH, LZ1MS, ON5TN, VE1AL and VK4FW for the following DX
information.
DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 26th/October, through
Sunday, 2nd/November there were 235 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 3X, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4W,
4X, 5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5V, 5W, 5Z, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R,
9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A5, A6, A7,
AP, BV, BY, C2, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, CE0A, CE0Y, CE9, 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, 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, HZ, I, IS, J3, J6, J8, JA, JD/o, JT, JW,
JY, K, KG4, KH0, KH2, KH3, KH6, 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, T2,
T30, T32, T7, 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, VK9C, VK9N,
VK9X, VP2E, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU,
XX9, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL, YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB,
ZC4, ZD7, ZD8, 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).
3B8, MAURITIUS (Also FR5). Jose, ON4LAC, is
now active as 3B8/ON4LAC until November 23rd. His activity has
been mainly on 20/15 meters on SSB and PSK, but is expected to be
active on RTTY also. He will leave 3B8 and head to Reunion Island
(FR5) to be active as FR5/ON4LAC during the period of November
26th and December 15th. After this activity, Jose will head back
to Mauritius and will be active again between December 17th and
27th. QSL via his home callsign.
3B8 & 3B9, MAURITIUS AND RODRIGUES ISLAND.
Operators Hans/PA0VHA and Jack/PA3BAG are expected to be active
this week as 3B8/homecall from Mauritius (AF-049) November 3-9th
and again between November 15-24th. Activity should be on all
bands (including the WARC bands) with Hans operating on RTTY and
Jack on SSB. Look for these operators to be active from Rodrigues
Island (AF-017) between November 10-14th as 3B9/homecall. Please
note that operators will be with their XYLs and are on vacation,
so radio activity will be limited. Most of their activity will be
between 1200-1700z and after 1800z. QSL via PA0VHA. Hans also
suggests to visit their club's home page at: http://www.pi4cc.nl.
3B8, MAURITIUS. As you can see, this island
will be very active during the month of November. Look for Willy,
ON5AX, to be active as 3B8/ON5AX between November 6-15th. His
activity will be on CS/SSB. QSL via ON5AX.
3DA0, SWAZILAND. Frosty, K5LBU, announced
that he will be going here next March and is looking for several
operators to tag along. His plans include a trip through the
Kruger Game Park. If interested, contact him at: frosty1@pdq.net.
6W, SENEGAL. Karel, ON5TN, will be active
from Toubacouta as 6W/ON5TN between November 7-18th. His activity
is planned for 40-10 meters; main mode CW and some SSB. QSL via
his home callsign. His home page with an online log search is at:
http://users.pandora.be/on5tn.
9M6, EAST MALAYSIA. Bob, N2OO, (who was
recently part of the BQ9P team) is now active from Sabah as 9M6OO
until about November 11th. He has been active on all bands.
However, he mentions that they are having a serious line noise
problem there which has caused him to concentrate on the bands
with the least amount of noise. He states, "Usually 28 and
24 MHz are very clean so I have worked USA mostly there.
Unfortunately, the noise peaks to the north on 15 and 20 meters
so those bands to USA are MOST difficult and I have avoided them.
I am able to work Europe on 14 MHz as I can turn the beam
slightly away from the line noise source. Low bands have been
even more difficult. I have experimented with a beverage with no
luck at all. So, will have to keep this itinerary until the noise
is fixed. Prospect of that happening soon are slim. The best time
to locate me on 24 and 28 MHz is around 2200-0100z. Peak seems to
be around 2330z +/-." Bob mentions that he has set up a
couple of basic photo album Web pages for both portions of this
trip (Pratas and 9M6) at: http://www.qsl.net/n2oo.
BOOK AVAILABLE ABOUT CY9!. Al, VE1AL,
informs: "For those few who have spent a few days on a
DXpedition to St. Paul Is. (CY9) and know how ruggedly beautiful
it is there, and for those who would be interested in the island
from the perspective of someone who grew up there, I would
suggest a new book by Bill Budge, VE1AAO. Bill grew up on the
island." Bill can be reached at: VE1AAO@ns.sympatico.ca.
His book is "Memoirs of a Lightkeeper's Son - Life on St.
Paul Island."
DXCC NEWS (Clarification). Last week's
bulletin reported that Wolfgang, OE1WEU, informed OPDX and
readers that YI9OM QSLs are being rejected (Reason indicated: No
Documentation Received). This past week "The Daily DX"
reported that Wayne, N7NG, at the DXCC Desk states, "QSL
cards for YI9OM are good for DXCC through November 30, 2002. QSOs
after that date were not made from by the original licensee and
therefore do not count for DXCC." ADDED NOTE: Bernie and
"The Daily DX" also report that QSL cards for 7Z1SJ and
HZ1MD currently do not count for DXCC as the DXCC Desk is waiting
for documentation. Also, David Chen, BA4RF, informs OPDX that his
YA/DL5NAV and OJ0/OE1ZKC QSLs were rejected. Reason indicated: No
Documentation Received.
EA8, CANARY ISLANDS. Operators Erwin/DL1DX,
Heinz/DJ1OJ and Sigi/DL6QW will be active as EA8AX during the CQ
World Wide DX CW Contest (November 29-30th). Their operating
class is not yet determined. QSL via the bureau.
ET, ETHIOPIA. Peter, ET3BN, has been active
on 20/15/12/10 meters CW over the past week and weekend. Activity
seems to take place between 1100-1630z. QSL via DL1JRC.
FR/E, EUROPA (Update and Changes). It seems
the dates on the upcoming operations to Europa have been changed,
but for the better. The team of five to eight operators will be
active a little longer than previously announced. The team will
be on Europa between November 24th through December 15th. They
will use a French navy ship to get to Europa and also return. On
the return trip they will head to Reunion Island. The callsigns
they requested are TO4E for the main operation and TO4WW for the
CQWW CW Contest. They plan to have 3 stations on the air.
Donations can be sent via F5OGL.
FS, FRENCH ST. MARTIN. Ann/W2AZK and
Brian/KF2HC return to French St. Martin with Gene/K2KJI, Mary
Ann/K2RVH, Captain Bob/W5GJ and Mike/WA2VUN from December 3-10th.
The group plans to have 2 stations on 160-6 meters CW/SSB/PSK31.
They hope to add to their operation satellite activity and a 6m
beacon prior to departure from the island. Captain Bob and Brian
will participate in the ARRL 160m Contest that weekend using the
callsign FS/W2JJ. All other times operators will sign
FS/homecall. QSL to the callsign worked direct or via the bureau.
QSOs with Ann and Brian are good towards the North Jersey DX
Association's "NJDXA Award". See the following Web page
for details at: http://www.njdxa.org/.
FT1Z, AMSTERDAM ISLAND. Jean-Louis, F6AGR,
from AMSAT-France, reports that Sebastien, who got his ham
license October 31st, will be active for one year (2004) on AO-40
(and LEOs) from Amsterdam Island (FT1Z, Grid Locator MF81TX). He
also plans to be active on 50 MHz, and on HF as soon as the
French laws permit (he has a no-code license). AMSAT-France is
actively preparing his SAT hardware (dish, 2.4 GHz converter,
yagi, etc which have to be as light as possible), providing
training and will handle QSL cards.
IOTA NEWS...
AS-008. Operators 7N1NAI and JQ1QFO were
expected to be active as homecall/1 from Mikura Island
this past weekend. QSL to their home callsigns via the
bureau or direct.
EU-123. Weather permitting, Peter,
GM3OFT/P, was expected to operate SSB from the Isles of
Fleet (SF-03 for IOSA) between 1200z on November 1st
until about 1500z on November 2nd.
J3, GRENADA. Ann, WA1S, will be active as
J38AA (expected license renewal) in the CQ World Wide DX CW
Contest (November 29-30th) as a Single-Op/All Band/Low Power
entry. Ann informs OPDX that she will arrive late November 20th
and stay until December 1st. Activity outside of the contest will
be on 160-10 meters but will primarily concentrate on the WARC
bands. The mode will mainly be CW, but she will do some SSB. QSL
via her home callsign WA1S.
KH2, GUAM. Setsu/JL1UXH/KK2H and his XYL
Maki/7L4FSR will be on the air from November 12-16th as KK2H/KH2.
He states, "Not a rare entity though we will focus on EU and
USA east coast." Activity will be on all HF bands CW/SSB.
Setsu states, "Sorry, no RTTY/SSTV this time. This is rather
a DX Vacation, not a DXpedition HI..." An online log will be
available during the operation and will update on daily bases at:
http://kk2h.4th.jp.
QSL via JL1UXH via bureau or direct. Please do not send anything
to the U.S. address of KK2H.
LX, LUXEMBOURG. Operators Philippe/LX2AJ,
Jorgen/DL4SDW, Uwe/DL4SDX, DL5SEJ and Bernd/DL8SCG will be active
as LX7I in the CQ World Wide DX CW Contest (November 29-30th) as
a Multi-Single entry. QSL via LX2AJ (Bureau).
OH0, ALAND ISLAND. Ari, OH5DX (ex-OH1EH),
will be active as OH0Z in the ARRL 160 Meter Contest. Operating
class is not yet determined. QSL via OH5DX.
OOOPPPSSS DEPARTMENT!!! In OPDX.632 under
"NCDXA 2004 OFFICERS", OPDX received and reported the
wrong callsign for Terry Hines. His callsign should be N4ZH (NOT
N2ZH as reported).
Leon, K2EWB, reports that he is no
longer the QSL Manager for AP2JZB. All current requests
have been answered. New requests should go to the QRZ.com
address for AP2JZB.
It was announced this past week that the
BQ9P logs are now available online at: http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~iota/newpage64.htm.
Also, QSL Manager Steve, KU9C, has sent out the following
press release: "Now that it's noted that the log
search for BQ9P 2003 is up and running, let me
remind/share with you what will help to get your QSL back
more quickly: if you notice a difference between your log
and the log on line, NOTE IT IN WRITING and send with
your QSL request. Please avoid sending me or the team
members an email, it's much more orderly and efficient to
deal with this in the process of checking the logs
against QSL cards received. Send to me ONLY your request
for BQ9P 2003. If you add other years of BQ9P in, or
other calls I manage, it will slow your return
SUBSTANTIALLY. It amazes me how many folks will try to
stuff as many calls in as they can for me, and then
wonder why their return takes a long time. Rule of thumb,
at least 2 months per call beyond the first one....just
the facts of life. Sometimes longer, sometimes sooner,
depends on the call, how quickly I research that log, and
a host of other items." Steve will send out a press
release when the cards start going out. He states,
"I've got the log....I'll be able to predict mailing
once the QSL card is put to bed.. If you care to donate
to this operation, I will forward donations received with
the QSL cards to the team. As a note of interest, the
costs of this DXpedition were budgeted at approximately
8000 USD, and this does not include the cost of the
operators getting to Taiwan. The costs overran somewhat,
due to the typhoon, and a need to juggle aircraft to get
to the island. All but about 1200 USD of this amount was
funded by the operating team. Thanks es 73 Steve
KU9C"
QSL HC1HC (operator Alfredo) was active
in last week's CQWW SSB Contest via NE8Z.
Paul, W8AEF, reports that the following
logs have been uploaded to the LookBook of The World
(LoTW): XZ0A (2000), XZ1N (1998), TU5A (1996) and FO8DX
(1997).
MORE QSL routes for the 2003 CQWW SSB DX
Contest are available via the following Web page at: http://www.arrakis.es/~ea5eyj.
Please QSL the following "Team
Antigua Members" via these routes "DIRECT ONLY
PLEASE":
V26B via WT3Q
V26EM via W2SN
V26G via N2ED
V26OC via N3OC Direct only
V26KEN via N2KEN
V26R via KA2AEV
V26U via W2UDT
QSL Manager Bill, VK4FW, informs OPDX
and its readers to please note the new address for all
correspondance effective immediately: Bill Horner, PO Box
513, Nambour 4560, Australia.
Alex, YO9HP, was active from Oman as
A45WD in last week's CQWW SSB Contest. QSL via YO9HP.
USI NEWS. Look for members of the Sandusky
Radio Club, W8LBZ, to be active November 7-9th from Kelley's
Island (USI OH-001L) located in Lake Erie, Erie county, Ohio.
Activity will be on 40 and 20 meters, mostly SSB, using the club
callsign. QSL via the bureau for DX stations or direct (with
SASE) to: Sandusky Radio Experimental League, Inc., 2909 West
Perkins Ave., Sandusky, Ohio 44870, USA.
V26, ANTIGUA. Paul/WY7I and Steve/K7LXC will
be active as V26DX during the CQWW CW DX Contest as a
Multi-Single entry. They will be there between November 28th and
December 1st. They will be operating on all bands CW.
V31, BELIZE. Rumen, LZ1MS, informs OPDX that
he has been active as V31LZ since mid August this year. He is a
visiting Professor during this academic year (August 2003-April
2004) at the newly established Galen University in San Ignacio,
Cayo district. He is using TS-870S (100w) and a trap vertical
antenna 14 AVQ Hy-Gain on 40/20/15/10 meters. Rumen is active
mainly on CW but there is some activity on SSB as well. He
prefers the DX frequencies +/- QRM, the only exception is the 40m
band where he prefers the lower end of the band. QSL via his son,
Vasco Gechev, LZ3RZ: P.O. Box # 1, 1756 Sofia, BULGARIA.
VK9C, COCOS-KEELING ISLAND. Hisashi/JA1KJW
and Kunio/JA8VE will be active as VK9CJ and VK9CV, respectively,
between November 27th and December 7th. Activity will be on
160-10 meters CW/SSB/RTTY. Look for them to also be active in the
CQ World Wide DX CW Contest (November 29-30th) as VK9CJ. QSL via
JA1KJW.
VK9X, CHRISTMAS ISLAND. Charlie, W0YG, is now
active as VK9XG unitl November 8th. As mentioned in earlier
bulletins, Charlie's main priorities will be the low bands on CW
(particularly 160/80 meters) plus some digital modes activity on
the HF bands. For 80 meters, watch around 3506 kHz starting about
1045z and again at 2130z. Watch 20/15 meters for CW and RTTY
activity at other times. Bernd, DF3CB, is reportedly providing
online logs and will be uploading them regularly to the VK9XG Web
site at: http://www.df3cb.com/vk9xg/.
WEB SITE URL CHANGE. John, K3WWP, informs
OPDX that his Web site (K3WWP's Ham Radio Activities) has had its
URL changed. John's Web page (now in its eighth year of
operation) includes the following:
WP4, PUERTO RICO. Daniel, WP4F, will be
active in the CQ World Wide DX CW Contest (November 29-30th) as a
Single-Op/Single Band (40M) entry. QSL via WP4F.
XU, CAMBODIA. Peter, NO2R, has received his
callsign/license and will be active as XU7ACY from Sihanoukville,
January 5-12th. Activity will be on 160/80/40 meters exclusively.
QSL via K2NJ.
ZK3, TOKELAU. Silvano, I2YSB, informs OPDX
that he, Flaviano/I2MOV, Carlo/IK1AOD and Marcello/IK2DIA will be
active from here beginning February 13th and ending February
25th. Activity will be on 160-6 meters CW/SSB and possibly RTTY.
The team is looking for your input on your needs and wants from
Tokelau, and a survey is available at their Web site at: http://www.qsl.net/i2ysb.
QSL Manager for DIRECT cards go via I2YSB. QSL Manager for BUREAU
cards go via IK2DIA.
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