The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 644 BID: $OPDX.644 January 19, 2004 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
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DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 11th/January, through
Sunday, 18th/January there were 228 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4X,
5A, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5T, 5U, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8R,
9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9Y, A2, A4, A5, A6, A7,
A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C5, C6, CE, CE0Y, CE0Z, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT,
CT3, CU, CX, D2, D4, DL, DU, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EP, ER,
ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, EZ, F, FG, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FP, FR, FY, G, GD,
GI, GM, GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HC, HC8, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR,
HS, HZ, I, IS, J3, J6, J7, JA, JD/m, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4,
KH0, KH2, KH6, KL, KP2, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, LZ, OA, OD, OE, OH,
OH0, OK, OM, ON, OX, OY, OZ, P4, PA, PJ2, PJ7, PY, PZ, S2, S5,
S7, S9, SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV/a, SV5, SV9, T2, T32, T7, T9, TA,
TF, TG, TI, TJ, TK, TL, TR, TT, TU, TY, TZ, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN,
UR, V2, V3, V4, V5, V7, VE, VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2M, VP2V, VP5, VP8,
VP8/h, VQ9, VR, VU, XE, XT, XU, XX9, XZ, YA, YB, YI, YJ, YK, YL,
YN, YO, YS, YU, YV, Z2, Z3, ZA, ZB, ZC4, ZD7, ZD9, ZF, ZK1/s, ZL,
ZP, ZS.
* PLEASE NOTE: The report "could" contain
"Pirate/SLIM" operations. As always, you never know -
"Work First Worry Later" (WFWL).
5W & ZK2, SAMOA AND NIUE. Ted/K8AQM and
David/K8AA will again be operating from Samoa (5W) this summer
between July 8-12th and July 19-21st. Their callsigns will be
5W0TR and 5W0DL with QSL via K8AA. During July 13-19th, they will
be active from Niue (ZK2) as ZK2TR and ZK2DL (callsigns may
change) which will also be QSL via K8AA. They will be on for the
IARU Radiosport Contest. Activity will mainly be on CW and RTTY
with some SSB.
6W, SENEGAL. Andy, LX1DA, is expected to be
active as 6W/LX1DA from now until April 8th. He will be active
running only 6 watts! Andy kindly asks for discipline and will go
QRT if pile-ups get too chaotic. It is also possible that he will
visit other countries. QSL via his home callsign (Bureau is OK).
7Q, MALAWI. Operators Mark/G4AXX,
Dick/GU4CHY, Steve/G4JVG and Rich/M5RIC, will operate from Malawi
between April 18th and May 1st. The full 7Q7 callsign will be
announced shortly before the start of the operation. Activity
will be on all bands 80-10 meters on CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK using
three stations with amplifiers and beam antennas. Kenwood (UK)
has kindly agreed to sponsor the DXpedition and will be providing
transceivers. QSL via G3LQP direct (Roger Brown, 262 Fir Tree
Road, Epsom KT17 3NL, England) or via the bureau. Each of the
team members will be making a personal donation to a Malawian aid
charity (details to appear on their Web site). Donations from DX
clubs and individuals for the DXpedition or the charity are
welcome. They may be sent to G4JVG at: Steve Telenius-Lowe, 27
Hertford Road, Stevenage SG2 8RZ, England. A Web site has been
set up and will include a log-search facility updated regularly
at: http://www.malawi.digital-crocus.com.
9Q0, DEM. REP. OF CONGO. Gus, SM5DIC
(9U5D..etc.), will be active as 9Q0AR for the next 2 months
starting January 20th. Activity should be on CW/SSB on the HF
bands and 6 meters. QSL direct ONLY for this operation via
SM5BFJ. Because of high Swedish postage, please send 2 USD or 1
new IRC.
AY1, SOUTH ORKNEY. Henry, LU4DXU, in Ushuaia
will be leaving on January 23rd aboard the icebreaker and supply
vessel "Almirante Irizar" which will go to Laurie
Island, South Orkneys. Activity on board the ship will be
LU4DXU/mm from Ushuaia to the South Orkneys (if permitted). He
expects to land on Laurie Island on January 26th and stay at the
Orcadas Base. Henry's operation will be for one month (between
January 26th-February 29th). It has been reported that a special
callsign AY1ZA has been officially issued by the "Comision
Nacional de Comunicaciones" for the Antarctica campaign
2004. The suggested frequencies are:
SSB - 28390, 24930, 21190, 18130, 14290, 7090 and 3785
CW - 28035, 24905, 21035, 18090, 14035, 10120, 7025, 3515 and
1835
RTTY - 28120, 21090 and 14090
PSK31 - 21070 and 14070 kHz
Henry's HF equipment consists of an IC-751, a TL-922 linear, a
4 element KLM yagi, a rhombic antenna and some wire antennas.
Most of Henry's activity will be split. QSL AY1ZA via LU4DXU:
Horacio Enrique Ledo, Caracas 2664 or P.O.Box # 22., Martinez
(1640) - Bs.As., ARGENTINA.
BW3, TAIWAN. Tatsuhiko, JD1BKQ, will be
active as BW3/JD1BKQ during the CQ 160-Meter CW Contest (January
24-25th) as a Single-Op/Low Power entry. QSL via JR3PZW.
C6, BAHAMAS (Op Cancelled!). Wade, AA8LL,
informs OPDX that he is sorry to announce the operation to the
Bahamas and Crooked Island has been cancelled for now. There are
several reasons, not the least of which is a moderate oil leak on
their (only) airplane engine. The trip may be rescheduled in
February or March. He will advise us when he knows.
DL6, GERMANY. Operators Bernd/DL6FBL and
Joerg/DL8WPX will be active as DL6FBL during the CQ 160-Meter CW
Contest (January 24-25th) as Multi-Single entry. Activity will be
a Winter Field Day on a nearby airfield. Equipment will be a
TenTec ORION, 2-element Inverted-V, Inverted-L, Single Beverage
pointed to JA, Phased Beverages pointed to USA and a K9AY Loop.
For more info, visit the Web page at: http://www.dl6fbl.de/dl6fbl/cq160.
DXCC NEWS. Bill Moore, NC1L, ARRL DXCC
Manager, reports the following operations are approved for DXCC
credit:
Uganda - 5X2A (July 29, 2003 to July 1, 2004)
Afghanistan - YA4F (September 2003 to April 2004)
YA8G (December 14, 2003 to January 31, 2004)
IOTA NEWS...
CORRECTION. Last week we listed the
operation of CE6TBN/8 to Riesco Island incorrectly. This
island is IOTA SA-091, not SA-031.
EU-109. The North Wakefield Radio Club
will be operating as GX4NOK/P from the Island of Inner
Farne (Worked All Britain Ref: NU23NLD) on April 17th and
18th. The Farne Islands lie off the coast of
Northumberland, and they are a one of Britain's most
important seabird sanctuaries. They are grateful to the
National Trust for granting them permission to operate
from what is a one of the most wanted islands in the RSGB
"Islands on the Air" program. Presently, they
are assembling a team to work on multiple bands and
modes. During their activation, they will be displaying
their operating frequencies on the following Web site,
and they hope that they can give as many people as
possible the chance to work this rare location. Their Web
page is: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/g4nok/iota.htm.
To read more about the Farne Islands, please visit the
following Web page at: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/scripts/nthandbook.dll?ACTION=PROPERTY&PROPERTYID=180.
KG4, GUANTANAMO BAY. Look for Tip, N4SIA, to
be active as KG4AS between January 20-28th. Activity will be on
all bands. QSL to his home callsign.
LIGHTHOUSE ACTIVITY. The Metro Amateur Radio
Club, K9Y, will be active from the Chicago Harbor Breakwater
South Lighthouse (ARLHS USA-1185) between 1600z February 7th and
2359z February 8th. Activity will be on 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters
CW and SSB. QSL via N9TN, direct (Bill Borgstrom, 1330 W Columbia
Ave, Chicago, IL 60626) with a #10 SASE (for U.S. stations) or
SAE + IRC (or sufficient funds for postage) for DX stations.
LU/L, ARGENTINA (Rare Province).
Alberto/LU1DZ, Hector/LU6UO and Fernando/LW2DX, are going to
Corrientes Province, to operate from this "rare"
Argentinian Province, between January 22-27th. They will be using
the callsigns LU1DZ/L, LU6UO/L and LW2DX/L; where "L"
stands for Corrientes Province, due to LU regulations. They plan
to operate on all HF bands, from 160-6 meters, both CW and SSB.
ADDED NOTE: Ted, K1BV, reports that it this operation is
important for the "Toda Republica Argentina" award. For
details, visit the Web page at: http://www.dxawards.com/.
LX5, LUXEMBOURG. Operators Manfred/DK2OY and
Helmut/DK6WL will be active as LX5A during the CQ 160-Meter CW
Contest (January 24-25th) as a Multi-Single entry. QSL via LX1RQ.
OPERATORS NEEDED FOR DXPEDITION. Frosty,
K5LBU, reports that they still have room for about 3 more Hams
who might like to go to Swaziland in March to operate. They will
fly out of Atlanta on SouthAfrican Airlines on the morning of the
11th of March. Right now they are showing a special fare of
around 1100.00 USDs RT. If you would like to join them let Frosty
know. His E-mail address is: frosty1@pdq.net.
DXpedition's Web page is at: http://www.dxsafari.com.
P4, ARUBA. Tony, N2KI, will be active as
P40KI between May 20-26th. His activity will be mainly on RTTY
and SSB. He will try and cover as many bands as possible.
PJ2, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. Operators
Tom/W8TK, Jim/W0NB, Dan/N1ZZ, Goose/W8AV and Geoff/W0CG will be
active as PJ2T from Curacao during the ARRL DX CW Contest
(February 21-22nd) as a Multi-2 entry. QSL via N9AG. ADDED NOTE:
Jeff, K8ND, has posted some photos from the 2003 CQWW CW Contest
Multi-2 operation at Signal Point (PJ2T). Ops for the CQWW CW
Contest at PJ2T were W0CG/PJ2DX, K4BAI, K8MFO, S50R, W8WTS, N8BJQ
and K8ND. The Web page is: http://home.columbus.rr.com/jmaass/Radio/CQWWCW_2003/PJ2T_CQWWCW_2003.htm.
PJ4, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. Operators
Jeff/KU8E, Mike/W9RE, Mark/N5OT and Harold/N4GG will be active as
PJ4R(?) (not sure of callsign yet) from Bonaire during the ARRL
DX CW Contest (February 21-22nd) as a Multi-2 entry.
PJ5, ST. EUSTATIUS (Update). Jim, K1NA,
informed OPDX that he will be on St. Eustatius for about a month
starting approximately February 18th. His callsign will be PJ5NA.
He will be operating on 160-10 meters CW only outside of the
contests. Remember, he will be active during the ARRL DX CW
Contest and casually during the ARRL DX Phone Contest. QSL via
K1NA.
PR0, FERNANDO DE NORONHA. Look for Bill,
W5SJ, to be active as PR0F between January 21-27th. Activity will
be mainly on CW during the evenings on 160, 80 and 40 meters. He
will also be an entry in the upcoming CQWW 160-Meter CW Contest.
QSL via operator's instructions.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
QSL STATUS for 9N7YJ, XU7ACW AND MI0YJR.
Hugo, LA5YJ, informs OPDX of the following QSL updates:
9N7YJ -- All direct cards with sufficient return postage
and SAE are now replied immediately. He has received
about 2000 requests so far. Cards sent via the bureau
will take much more time. He has started to reply to the
bureau cards; however, direct cards have priority. XU7ACW
-- Cards are not yet printed. He states that he will
finish all direct request during February. MI0YJR -- Are
"OK" via the LA bureau as well. Direct QSLs can
be sent to: Hugo Ark, Rute 504, N-2840 REINSVOLL, NORWAY.
Hugo also adds/states, "The postage from Norway to
the rest of the world has again been increased from NKr.
10.00 to NKr. 10.50, and at the same time 1 USD is down
to NKr. 6.79.!!! Send a SAE plus 1 IRC (or 2 US) or I
will just reply via the bureau. This goes for all
countries (including Japan and Russia.) As you can see I
have managed to get acceptance for receiving cards via
the LA bureau. All logs are done by hand and checked out
by hand as well. No computer log available. At the
moment, I am just having enjoyed a nice holiday with the
family awaiting a minor operation at a local
hospital." OPDX hopes things go well for Hugo with a
speedy recovery from his operation. He also told OPDX
that he does not know where he will go next, but it will
not be anytime soon; at least not until late February.
Doug, NX4D, provides the correct QSL
address for the present 4U1ITU operation by Ivan, OM3CGN
(from Ivan). QSL to: Ivan Gombos, Mission Slovaque, 9
Ancienne Route, 1218 Grand Saconnex, Geneva, Switzerland.
For postage, please use HB9 stamps (1.8 CHF) or 2 green
stamps.
Jose, CT1EEB, reports that he has
uploaded the following logs into the "Logbook of The
World" (LoTW): CT1EEB, VK8CS and 4W6EB. Look for
CU3/CT1EEB to follow soon.
QSL CT1GFK/p, CT1GFQ/p, CT2IHP/p,
CT2IUA/p and CT1EHX/p via their home callsigns. Activity
was from Barro Island (not IOTA, DIP AL-21; New Reference
DIP).
Boris, T93Y, informs OPDX that the
FM/T93Y QSL cards have been received from the printer and
that all direct, bureau and E-mail requests have been
processed. Boris states, "All direct requests are
sent via Air Mail, which is not very fast over here, so
please wait until end of the month before you start
sending E-mails to me." More information about this
contest DXpedition, including detailed information how to
QSL to Bosnia Herzegovina, Contest statistics, LOG Search
and Pictures are available at: http://www.t93y.com/fm2003.
For Bureau QSL request, his E-mail address is: fm2003@t93y.com.
NOT THE MANAGER! Ken, W8LU, is NOT the
QSL Manager for KH7R. Ken states, "I continue to get
requests for KH7R confirmations. I think this started
because I do manage for the late KL7Y who last operated
from the KH7R contest station immediately before his
untimely passing."
Randy, W5UE, reports that the QSLs for
the recent CQWW SSB Contest PZ5A operation and pre/post
contest operation by PZ5UE, PZ5FF and PZ5CQ have been
received from the printer and direct requests are now
being answered. They hope to have all direct requests
received to date answered within 2 weeks. Refer to the
Web page for additional info at: http://www.mdxa.org/pz_2003.html.
QSL MANAGER UA3FDX is now the manager
for the following callsigns: 4K7Z, 4K1V, 4K60AA, 4J1S,
4K7DWZ, 4K50V, 4K51V, 4K52V, 4K53V and 4K54V. His address
is: Vladimir Ulyanov, P.O. Box 10, Moscow 121615, RUSSIA.
His E-mail is: ua3fdx@au.ru.
Geo, UY5XE, informs OPDX that he has
received the log from UA0ZC for the UA0ZAL/p operation
(AS-039, October 2001). QSL will be printed between
January 25th and February 15th. Cards will be sent out
after February 15th.
Bill, W9OL, announed he is putting the
logs of YB1AQC, February 16, 1988 through October 11,
1988, into the LoTW. He states, "Got some of them up
and will put the rest as I transcribe them. I will
continue to provide hardcard QSLs upon request. USA only
requires a SASE. Non USA only requires a SAE, 1 IRC is
sufficient. All bureau requests will be replied via the
bureau. If you feel that you have a QSO that is not
included in the LoTW log, feel free to E-mail me with
particulars and I will re-examine the log." His
E-mail is: w9ol@billnjudy.com.
SILENT KEY. The Z37M Radio Club reports that
Petar "Pepi" Krajcev, Z31PK, became a Silent Key (SK)
on January 13th at the age of 64. They state, "He was one of
the few old timers here in Z3-land and well know DX-er. Many of
active HAM's in Z3 learn from him a lot about constructions and
building home made equipments." Pepi was also founder and
President of Macedonian CW Group (MCWG). OPDX and its readers
would like to send out our deepest sympathy to Pepi's family and
friends.
SPECIAL EVENT (Correction). Chris, HA5X,
informed OPDX this past week he sent us a "typo" in the
Web page address for the HA2004EU activity. The correct URL is: http://ha2004eu.hu/.
V8, BRUNEI. Jim/G3RTE, Phil/G3SWH and
Ray/HS0ZDZ (aka G3NOM), who are all members of FOC and CDXC, in
association with Greg, V85GD, will be mounting a multi-band,
multi-mode DXpedition to Negara Brunei Darussalam (Brunei)
between March 8-15th. The main operation will take place from the
QTH of Greg, V85GD, under the special callsign of V8JIM. A single
operator entry will also be made in the RSGB's Commonwealth
Contest using the special callsign of V8NOM. Brunei is #82 in the
2003 Most Wanted survey by the 425 DX News (#83 in The DX
Magazine Survey). The January 2003 ARRL listing shows Brunei at
#129. In addition, Brunei counts as OC-088 for the Islands on the
Air (IOTA) award. Activity is planned for all bands from 160-10
meters and will include CW, SSB and digital modes. Propagation
permitting, they plan to have three stations on the air for as
many hours everyday as is possible. Their main objective is to
work as many European, North American and ROTW stations on as
many bands as possible. They have set an expedition target of
12,000 QSOs, with an approximately equal split between CW, SSB
and digital modes. The QSL Manager for V8JIM will be G3SWH and
for V8NOM will be GM4FDM. They are happy to meet the costs of
transport to and from Brunei, but will appreciate sponsorship and
donations towards their living expenses, printing QSLs and the
like. Any surplus will be equally distributed between the
operators to offset their personal contributions.
XF4, REVILLA GIGEDO. Plans are still a go for
this one in March. A QSL Manager has been announced. This
operation will use XE1IH: Enrique Garcia, P.O. Box 118-481,
Mexico, D.F 07051.
YI, IRAQ. Tim, M3SDE, reported last Tuesday
that Darran, M1DAZ, has gone back to work in Iraq. He will be
based in Umm Qasar in the South of Iraq. Darran will be once
again active as YI9DAZ, and he will be active on HF bands with a
Yaesu FT100D using an Atas 120 antenna and a G5RV wire. Although
Darran is not there on a DXpedition status, he will be
transmitting when he is not working and will makes announcements
on the DX Central Cluster when he is live on air. Darran is
working for the British Forces Broadcasting Services and looks
after a radio Studio with a KU-Band multiplexed uplink, and
numerous downlinks along with a network of broadcast
transmitters. He was spotted this past week on 3786 kHz at 2009z
and 14345 kHz at 1815z. QSL is direct to: Darran, PO Box 17,
Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 1SF ENGLAND.
YI, IRAQ. Kaspars, YL1ZF, is now active from
Baghdad as YI9ZF for the coming 6-8 months. Kaspars prefers CW
but also has equipment for RTTY. He can be found on most bands
and is a very good CW/Contest-Op. QSL via SM1TDE, Eric Wennstrom,
P.O. Box 94, SE-62016 Ljugarn, Sweden or via the SM Bureau.
YI, IRAQ. Dwayne, KE4RVT, annouced that as of
1700z January 16th, he will be active as KE4RVT/YI. He will be
operating CW/SSB QRO/QRP on 40-10 meters. He will be in Iraq for
12-18 months and will be operating during his downtime from work.
Dwayne states a standard QSL will be available or an E-QSL.
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