The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 645 BID: $OPDX.645 January 26, 2004 Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)
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DXCC COUNTRY/ENTITY REPORT: According to the
AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 18th/January, through
Sunday, 25th/January there were 223 countries active. Countries
available: 3A, 3B8, 3B9, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4S, 4U1I, 4X,
5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5U, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 9A, 9G,
9H, 9J, 9K, 9L, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9Y, A2, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP,
BV, BY, C2, C3, C5, C6, C9, CE, 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, FG, FH, FJ, FK, FM, FO, FR, FY, G, GD, GI, GM,
GU, GW, H4, HA, HB, HC, HH, HI, HK, HK0/a, HL, HP, HR, HS, I, IS,
J2, J3, J6, J7, JA, JD/m, JD/o, JT, JW, JY, K, KG4, KH0, 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, S7, S9,
SM, SP, ST, SU, SV, SV/a, SV9, T2, T7, T9, TA, TF, TG, TI, TJ,
TK, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA, UA2, UA9, UK, UN, UR, V2, V3, V5, V7, VE,
VK, VK9N, VP2E, VP2M, VP5, VP6, VP8, VP8/h, VP9, VQ9, VR, VU, XE,
XT, XU, YA, YB, YI, 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).
4S7, SRI LANKA. Members from Lufthansa
Amateur Radio Club(LARC) will be here from March 3-8th. They will
be operating all bands on SSB and CW. Operators will be
Frank/DJ3FK, Bernd/DK7TF, Karl/DL4FP and Rudi/DK7PE. If possible,
Rudi DK7PE will try some 160m, depending on the antennas
possibilities. Rudi tells OPDX that callsigns are not known yet,
but they should be: DK7PE (4S7PEG), DK7TF (4S7DLG), DL4FP (4S7**G
not known) and DJ3FK (4S7**G not known).
9M6, EAST MALAYSIA. Nakamura, JE1JKL, will be
active as 9M6NA in the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 21-22nd) as a
Single-Op/Single Band (80m) entry. Activity will be from Labuan
Island (OC-133) between February 17th and March 2nd. Outside of
the contest, look for him on 160 and 80 meters. QSL via JE1JKL.
E-mail requests for Bureau QSLs are OK via: 9m6na@jsfc.org. Visit his Web
page at: http://jsfc.org/je1jkl/9m6na.html.
9Y, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. Look for
Walter/DL8JS, Ulla/DF6QP, Alfons/DJ8VC, Eberhard/DJ8OT and
Hannelore/DH5JR to be active this week as 9Y4/homecall until
February 14th. They are expected to be active daily between
0900-1800z on the following suggested frequencies: 14277, 21377
and 28377 kHz. QSL to their home callsign via the DARC bureau.
AX, AUSTRALIA (Attention Bird Watchers!).
According to the Wireless Institute of Australia, all VK amateurs
can use the AX prefix on January 26th (their local time, this is
a national holiday). ADDED NOTE: David, VK5DG, states
"Circumstances permitting I will be using AX5DG on AO-40
during the 06:00 to 11:30 UTC window. AO-40 will be over the
Pacific ocean during this time."
DXCC RULE CHANGE. Wayne Mills, N7NG, ARRL
Membership Service Dept. Manager, sent out the following ARRL
News Release (Dated January 20th):
At its January meeting in Windsor, Connecticut, the ARRL Board
of Directors removed paragraph 1.c) from the criteria for
determining a DXCC Entity. This provision, implemented in 1998 as
part of the DXCC 2000 Program, had provided that "An Entity
will be added to the DXCC List as a Political Entity if it ...has
a separate IARU Member Society." Since that time, the rule
has allowed for the addition of four new DXCC Entities and the
retention of one existing Entity.
At the time it was not expected that this would create
difficulties with the administration of the IARU. Unfortunately,
the provision has had the unintended consequence of stimulating
applications for IARU membership that do not further the
objectives of the IARU, creating an unfortunate and unnecessary
administrative burden.
The rule change will have no effect on those Entities created
by or as the result of the rule. According to DXCC Rule II, 5.
C), "A change in the DXCC Criteria shall not affect the
status of any Entity on the DXCC List at the time of the
change."
The other two criteria for the determination of a Political
Entity for DXCC continue in effect:
a) The entity is a UN Member State.
b) The entity (except international organizations) has been
assigned a callsign prefix block by the ITU.
The text of the Board resolution reads:
WHEREAS, the DXCC 2000 program adopted by the Board in
1998 included changes to the criteria for a DXCC entity, and
WHEREAS, one of the new criteria makes separate IARU
membership the basis for determination of a "political
entity," and
WHEREAS, this rule has served a constructive purpose with
respect to existing IARU societies, but WHEREAS, the rule
also has had unforeseen consequences in creating an incentive
for the creation of proposed IARU societies that do not
further the objectives of the IARU, and
RECOGNIZING that elimination of the rule has no effect on
the DXCC entities that already have been created as a result
of the rule,
RESOLVED, that the DXCC rules are hereby amended by
deleting IARU membership as a basis for determination of a
"political entity."
DX CONVENTION. The DX Convention in Visalia
will be held April 23-25th. For details and updated information,
please visit the following Web page at: http://www.scdxc.org/visalia/index.html.
FM,MARTINIQUE. Danny, T93M, will be active as
FM/T93M in the CQ WPX SSB Contest (March 27-28th) as a
Single-Op/All Band/High Power entry. QSL via DJ2MX. Visit his Web
page at: http://www.t93m.com.
FR/E, EUROPA (Some Interesting Reading). Jean
Michel, F6AJA, informs OPDX readers that if you need some
information about Europa Island, you can visit the following Web
site at: http://LesNouvellesDX.free.fr.
Go to "articles parus" or "published
articles" and choose "Europa". In this article,
you can find a complete set of QSL cards (18 total) that were
issued from operations from this island.
FS, FRENCH ST. MARTIN. Craig, AH8DX, will be
active as FS/AH8DX in the ARRL DX CW Contest (February 21-22nd)
as a Single-Op/All Band/High Power entry. QSL via AH8DX.
HF0, SOUTH SHETLAND. Voytek, HF0QF, is
currently active from Poland's Henryk Arctowski base station at
Rakusa Point, King George Island until December. Activity will be
on all bands (80-10 meters) CW/SSB. He was spotted on 40 meters
SSB (7056 kHz) and 80 meters CW (3513 kHz) this week. Wanda,
SP7IWA, handles his QSL cards. She is having them printed, so
please be patient.
IOTA NEWS...
AS-049. Operator Toru/JI5USJ and
Makoto/JI5RPT will be active as JA6PSE (SSB and RTTY) and
JA6PSI (CW only), respectively, from Tokara Arc (Takara
Island; J.I.I.A.: AS-049-012; WLH-0884 TAKARA SHIMA -
Araki Saki; G.Loc.: PL49od and JCG:46006) from February
24th to March 2nd. Activity will be on 160-10 meters on
CW/SSB/RTTY using 200w into the following antennas:
Dipoles (for 160/80,40,30m), two element phased vertical
antenna (for 40m), 20/15/10m 2 element yagi and a 17/12m
HB9CV. QSL JA6PSE via JI5USJ (Bureau or CBA). QSL JA6PSI
via JI5RPT (Bureau or CBA). Visit their Web page at: http://www.aa.alpha-net.ne.jp/ji5rpt/as-049/.
J43, GREECE. In the upcoming CQ WPX RTTY
Contest (February 14-15th), look for SV1CIB, SV3FUO and SV3BSF to
operate from SV3BSF's shack in a Multi-Single HP category with
the callsign J43BSF. QSL via SV1CIB.
J6, ST.LUCIA (Update to OPDX.636). Scott,
N9AG/J68AS, a member of the J6DX team expected to be here between
February 11-25th for contesting and vacation, announced they have
plans for a big effort on 160 meters. They will have an
Inverted-L antenna, about 65 feet tall, on the side of the hill
and a KW. The antenna will have a favorable path to the north and
through the west to the southeast, but they are blocked by a hill
toward Europe. They will be active on 160m beginning about
February 14th, Scott suspects.
JW, SVALBARD. Rag, LA5HE, will once again be
active as JW5HE from February 12-18th. There will be an emphasis
on the low bands and CW. QSL via his home callsign.
KP2, U.S. VIRGIN ISLAND. Rick, K6VVA, informs
OPDX that he will be active as KP2CW in the ARRL CW DX Contest
(February 21-22nd) as a Single-Op/All Band/High Power entry. QSL
via K6VVA. Rick will be there between February 18-24th. He tells
OPDX that his activity outside of the contest will be on Thursday
(2/18) and some on Friday (2/19) - All Bands as they are opening,
but also doing setup/testing. He will also be active primarily on
CW. The NCCC Co-Founder Rick, K6VVA, emerges from DX/Contest
Mothballs after 25+ years and hopes to QSO many old friends!
LZ35, BULGARIA. Gosho, LZ1ZF, will be using
the special callsign LZ35ZF to celebrate his 35th anniversary of
being active on the Amateur Radio bands. The special callsign
LZ35ZF will be available until December 31, 2004, on all bands
and modes. QSL to LZ1ZF via the Bureau.
MOST WANTED DXCC LIST FOR SATELLITE! Scott,
NX7U, reports, "Now that AMSAT-OSCAR 40 has been operational
for some time, there are more and more individuals and
DXpeditions expressing an interest in including a satellite
station in their plans. It would seem to be a good time to
compile a current 'Most Wanted' DX list for satellite. Please
submit to me (nx7u@arrl.net) a
list of DXCC entities CONFIRMED...any satellite, anytime. A
simple text file with a single column of prefix or name will be
fine. Hopefully this won't be a burden on paper-loggers. Please
remember to include your own call. Remember--the more responses
received, the more accurate and useful the information will be. I
will compile the responses and post them on a Web page (URL to be
announced). Please pass this information along to any Satellite
DXer who may not get this directly. Thanks for your
participation!"
P4, ARUBA. Andy, AE6Y, will be active as P40Y
from February 15-22nd. His activity will include an entry in the
ARRL DX CW Contest (February 21-22nd). Activity outside of the
contest will be on 160-10 meters including the WARC bands.
However, his activity before the contest will be limited because
Andy told OPDX that he has a lot of station maintenance to do.
QSL via AE6Y.
PJ2, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. Operators
Martin/NW0L, Tom/AE9B, Geoff/W0CG, Jeff/K8ND and Jerry/WB9Z will
activate the PJ2T contest station on Curacao during the ARRL DX
Phone Contest (March 6-7th) as a Multi/2 entry. QSL via N9AG.
PJ7, ST. MAARTEN. Bil/W8EB and his wife
Dorothy/W8DVC will be on the island from February 15th through
March 21st. Activity will be on 160-10 meters, CW, SSB, RTTY and
PSK31. Bil's callsign will be PJ7/W8EB. His activity will include
a Single-Op/All Band entry in the ARRL DX CW Contest as PJ7/W8EB
and a Multi-Op/High Power entry (with K8RLM) in the ARRL DX Phone
Contest as PJ7B. QSL both contests via W8EB. His equipment:
FT-100D, Averatec Laptop, Ameritron 811H amplifier, WriteLog and
DX4WIN software, Cushcraft R-7000 vertical for 10 thru 40, long
wire for 80 and 160.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
Jaak, ES1FB, has reported that he has
uploaded the logs to the LoTW for the following stations:
3W6KM, JW/ES1AKM and XU7ACE.
HA2004 QSL INFO. On May 1st, Hungary
will become a full member of the of the European Union.
To celebrate this event, look for special callsigns
HA2004EU (QSL via HA5XXA) and HA2004UNI (QSL via HA6QT)
to be active during the year.
Ken, W8LU, advises OPDX readers that he
has uploaded all computer logs for KL7Y to the ARRL LOTW.
The upload was 148,000 QSOs and includes all KL7Y QSOs
back through 1994.
CHECK YOUR QSL ROUTE AND DATABASES!
Vaclav, OK1DXE, informs OPDX that his 5N0W and 5N0HVC
activity and mission from Nigeria ended at the end of
2003. He has already started to work on his QSL cards,
and the first batch of QSLs should be in the mail this
week. However, he mentions that because 5N0W was used in
the past by David, OK1RK, and he has registrated this
information with most QSL servers, Vaclav feels most of
the QSLs were sent to him and perhaps lost. He has only
received a few requests for this callsign. Vaclav, used
the 5N0W callsign from July 1st, 2000, until the end of
2003. If you have not received a QSL card yet, please
send your QSL again to OK1DXE via direct or the OK QSL
Bureau.
QSL MANAGER ANNOUNCED FOR 9V0A! Alan,
VK4AAR, informs OPDX that he has just been asked to
manage the QSL cards for 9V0A (Patriot Hills, about 1,500
Kms south of Peter One Island and near the South Pole).
Alan states, "Cards won't be ready for a little
while as the operator is now headed to Africa on work for
a couple of weeks and still has to get his log ready for
me on his return. So... patience! Bear in mind that our
Aussie dollar is still getting stronger against the U.S.
dollar but IT IS STILL THE PREFERRED WAY (IRCs can be a
problem)." Please QSL DIRECT ONLY to VK4AAR: Alan
Roocroft, P.O. Box 421, GATTON 4343, Australia.
NEW QSL MANAGER! Zik, DL/VE3ZIK, reports
that Nenad, VE3EXY is the new QSL Manager for: VK9LX,
VK9LX/9, H40XX, H44XX, VK1AA/2 and VK1AA/4.
QSL VY2ZM via K1ZM. Operators were K1ZM,
WW2Y, K2WI and VK6VZ. Their activity was this past
weekend in the CQ 160-Meter CW Contest. Steve. VK6VZ
states that the team was "Powered by Vegemite
sandwiches.."
Operators Anthony/K2SG, Tom/K2TW,
Peter/KU2C, Bob/N2OO, Robert/N2HM, Gerald/W1GD,
Martin/W2CG, John/W2GD, Dan/W2NO and William/W2RQ were
active as W2GD in the CQ 160-Meter CW Contest this past
weekend as a Multi-Op entry. QSL this 160m operation ONLY
to W2CG. Activity was a portable operation from the
former Coast Maritime CW Station. They used a
Multi-element Vertical array hung from 100M tower in a
salt marsh. They also used an Inverted - L and 6
beverages (NE, E, S, SW, W and NW).
QSL YU9VK (op. HA7VK) via HA0HW. Laci,
HA0HW, states that this is the ONLY YU9 prefix active on
the bands!
Bill, W9OL, announced he just put the
YB1AQC log and The FIRST operations of ZD8XX (August
5-24th, 1989) onto the LoTW. The ZD8XX 1991 log will be
loaded after transcription. Bill states, "I will
continue to provide hardcard QSLs upon request. USA only
require a SASE. Non USA only require 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 address is: w9ol@billnjudy.com.
SFDXA AND MIAMI TROPICAL HAMBOREE. The South
Florida DX Association (FDXA) is pleased to announce that the
Speaker for DX Forum, at the Tropical Hamboree on Saturday
morning at 10:30 AM, February 7th, will be Bob Schenck, N2OO. Bob
has been to many terrific DX locations, so it is hard to name
them all. He will give a presentation on the recent BQ9P Pratas
Island DXpedition. Bob and the group were on Pratus this past
October and after that highly successful operation, he continued
on to Borneo as 9M6OO. Visit his Web sites to read more about his
travels at: http://www.qsl.net/n2oo;
Pratas Island BQ9P: http://www.qsl.net/n2oo/history/bq9p.htm;
Borneo 9M6OO : http://www.qsl.net/n2oo/history/9m6oo.htm.
For more SFDXA and Miami Hamboree information, please visit The
South Florida DX Association Web site at: http://www.qsl.net/k4fk;
Tropical Hamboree (February 7-8th) at: http://www.hamboree.org.
SX1, GREECE. Kostas, SV1DPI, will be using
the special callsign, SX1A, to operate in contests until June
2004. He was active this past weekend in the BARTG Contest and is
expected to be in the CQ WPX RTTY Contest as a Single-Op/All
Band/Low Power entry. He will also be in the ARRL International
CW and SSB Contesto with the same callsign, SX1A, as a
Single-Op/All Band/Low Power entry. QSL SX1A via SV1DPI.
VP5, TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS. Operators
Gyuri (George)/HA5JI, Gyuri (Geo)/VE3NZ and Lali/VE3NE will be
active from Caicos Islands (NA-002) for a few more days as
VP5/homecall (until January 29th). The trio was active over the
past weekend as VP5JI during the CQ 160 CW Contest. All QSL cards
are via HA8FW either via the Hungarian Bureau or direct to his
address at QRZ.COM. His E-mail address is: ha8fw@freemail.hu. QSL cards
will be ready after the 1st of April.
YI, IRAQ (Update). Dwayne, KE4RVT, is now
active with the callsign YI9RVT. He was heard on 20 meters CW
(QRP) this past weekend. Remember, 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.
YO DX HF 2003 CONTEST SCORES (ed. And I do not mean
YAO!). Ciprian, N2YO, reports that the 2003 YO DX HF
Contest scores are now available on the Romanian Amateur Radio
Federation Web site at: http://www.hamradio.ro. The final results can
be directly accessed here: http://www.hamradio.ro/contests/yodxhf2003/.
Ciprian states, "Congratulations to the winners" and
many thanks to all contesters and their check logs. Printed
awards will be sent via post mail.
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