The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 239
BID: $OPDX.239
January 22, 1996
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
Online at 216-237-8208 14400/9600/2400/1200/300 8/N/1

Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, WB2DND, K4CEF & Southeastern Cluster Group, Inside DX, N4VZ, KK6H, AA8SM, K8JP, KR9U, N9JCL, K0HB, 9M2TO, DK1RP, DL9GOA & DX News Letter, F6ARA, G4BUE & DX NEWS SHEET, GU3MBS, JH1ROJ, ON6TT and PS7AB the following DX information.

3B8, MAURITIUS. Peter, DK1RP (ex-8Q7AB, ex-SV5/DK1RP/P, ex-J6/DK1RP) will be visiting Jacky, 3B8CF, on the 16th of February and will be there for about two weeks. Activity is planned for 80-10 meter including the WARC bands with operations on CW/SSB. QSL via the German DARC bureau, when the cards are printed.

5W, WESTERN SAMOA. The DXNS report Adriano, IK2GNW, will be active February 23-25th, probably as 5W1NW. Some operations will be on CW and RTTY but mainly on SSB. Activity will be on all bands, 160-6 meters with priority for Europe, especially LF bands. Check daily at 1630z on 3.8+ MHz and QSX below. QSL to home call.

9L1PG/9L1MG QSL UPDATE. Scott, AA8SM, reports that Paul/9L1PG and Millie/9L1MG have not been able to get their logs out of Sierre Leone due to the government shutdowns. He was able to receive their logs via a fax for their QSL Manager Cecil, NW8F. The logs for 9L1MG were dated December 22-26, 1995 (approx. 100 QSOs) and for 9L1PG they were dated December 22-26, 1995 (approx. 675 QSOs). If you have been waiting on your cards for these two stations, please be patient. Cecil, NW8F, will be getting the cards out soon. Please send him an SASE.

9M2, WEST MALAYSIA. Tex, 9M2TO, reports he will be in the CQWW 160M Contest. JA1XAC will be sending him a 160 meter antenna to use. He hasn't decided on what frequency to use, but he states he will transmit around around 1900 +/-.

A3, KINGDOM OF TONGA. Paul, KK6H, will sign A35RK between February 20th and March 20th. Modes of operation will be primarily CW and RTTY. Paul states he will be on SSB if he gets REALLY bored. This is a "business trip" in preparation for a permanent re-location to Tonga in July, but he should be able to get on the air for at least a couple of hours each day (most likely between 1700-1900z and 0500-0900z). He reports he will NOT be on 160 meters this trip. A35RK will be active from each of the following IOTA islands at one time or another, but the exact dates are to be arranged upon arrival: Tongatapu group OC-049, Ha'apai group OC-169 and Vava'u group OC-064. A new QSL route will be used for this operation and all past, plus future A35RK operations, QSL via: Direct to W7TSQ, Robert Preston, 809 Cary Road, Edmonds, WA 98020 USA (W7 bureau c/o W7TSQ). Please... DO NOT send cards to KK6H, W6 bureau, or A3 bureau!

CALLSIGN CHANGE. As reported last week, John/K9UWA and Jean/N9PXF are going to Aruba for the CQWW 160 CW Contest (January 26-28th). John has changed his callsign that was previously announced due to a conflict with Mike's, K4PI, P49I opeartion which takes place during the same time. Instead of using P40I, John will use the callsign P40WA. (Refer to OPDX.238 more details.)

D2TT AND D3T QSL CARDS. Peter, ON6TT, reports cards for the July-August 1995 operations have arrived from the printer. ON5NT, his QSL Manager, is mailing them right now. "Sorry for the delay," de Peter, ON6TT.

GU, GUERNSEY (160M this coming weekend!). Steve, GU3MBS, reports people keep telling him they need GU for a new 160 meters country. So, next weekend a temporary dipole will be put up at the Guernsey ARS HQ and operations will take place at the club station GU3HFN during the night of January 27-28th to take part in the CQWW 160M CW Contest. DX stations needing GU will have to listen carefully in the uproar for a modest signal (FT-990 with no amp, & not-very-high dipole). QSL via bureau, or direct to Guernsey ARS GU3HFN, P. O. Box 100, Guernsey GY1 3EL, via UK. [These are the ONLY routes for GU3HFN QSLs].

IOTA NEWS...

• Paz Island, IOTA SA-027 (DIB: 063, DFB: SC-01) will be active next week (January 26-28th). Operations will be on CW/SSB with activity on 10-80 meters. The callsign is not known yet. Check the IOTA frequencies and the Brazil DX Nets for operations and updates. QSL via PP5LL.
• JUST A REMINDER! Later in the week, Robben Island (AF-064) will be active. A group led by Barry, ZS1FJ/G4MFW, will be on CW/SSB/RTTY with activity on 80-10 meters. Length of operation will be from January 26-29th. The callsign will be ZS64RI. QSLs via KA1JC.

J7, DOMINICA. Scott, N9JCL, reports that he has received the callsign J77A, so look him, Tom/K0SN, Paul/WC9E and Jim/AA9PB to be active until January 25th. As this bulletin was being prepared, QSNs show that they were active on 40, 75 and 80 meters. QSL via K0SN. (Refer to OPDX.236 for more details.)

JW, SVALBARD. Claude, F6EOZ, will on the boat with Jean Louis Etienne (French Artic and Antarctic explorer) in Svalbard from March 3rd until the middle of May. He will use JW/F6EOZ/MM or JW/TM6E/MM callsign specially in satellite and 20 meters.

KH9 DXPEDITION (Final News Update). The following is an edited excerpt from a press release by Don, WB2DND: "The Dateline DX Association is pleased to publish this update on its plans to activate Wake Island, February 1-7th. This will be a one week, all band, all mode (including Satellite) operation by 4 experienced operators with the intention of taking KH9 off the DX Bulletin's most needed 100 list and satisfying the large European demand. Wake ranked 86 overall but in the top 20 for Europeans. The call used will be AL7EL/KH9. KC7V has had to pass on going due to business comittments. We will miss you Mike. N6EK, Bob Fabry, will join the team as the fourth operator--welcome aboard. Our needed equipment has been acquired. Wake Island is currently a limited access U. S. Military Installation located 19* 17' N. 166* 39' E. It is the first American possession in time zone #1, approximately 2300 miles West of Hawaii. The new QSL route will be K4HQI: Lloyd Westbrook, Box 368, Commerce, GA 30529. Please direct your comments to either coordinator:

Tom Harrell, AL7EL,
k4tsj@ix.netcom.com
-OR-
27257 Nellis Road,
Evans Mills, NY 13637

Don Greenbaum, WB2DND,
wb2dnd@aurumtel.com
-OR-
250 Standish St. Duxbury, MA 02332

SPECIAL NOTE: All OPDX subscribers (on InterNet) will receive an additional bulletin containing the complete press release.

KP4, PUERTO RICO. Ken KP4XS reports that a contest team is being put together to be active in CQWW WPX SSB Contest which takes place in March. The current team line up is: 160m-ND3F, 75m-W4MYA, 40m-open, 20m-KF3P, 15m-KP4XS and 10m-W2EOS. Ken states they need a "GREAT" 40 meter operator! The SSB operator needs to know the ropes on 40 meters; one who can handle the QRM and knows the splits, etc. The WPX SSB contest is the last weekend of March and the team will be a Multi/Multi entry. The KP4XS Puerto Rico QTH will be the operating site. It is located in SW Puerto Rico on 18 acres and sits on a hilltop at 220 feet above sea level with ocean views from north to west to south. KP5 is easily seen from "THE HILL". All accomodations are provided. The only thing you provide is your own airfare. If interested on becoming the 40 meters operator, contact Ken Ramirez, KP4XS, via InterNet at: ramirezk@emi.com

P5, NORTH KOREA. The latest rumor on this one is reported in Inside DX: "Watch for OH2BH, OH0XX, and possible others from here starting around mid to late February."

PACIFIC DXPEDITION. Adriano, IK2GNW, will be active from American Samoa (KH8) February 18-22nd as KH8/IK2GNW, Western Samoa (5W) February 23-25th (probably as 5W1NW), Tonga (A35) February 25-29th (probably as A35NW) and Hawaii (KH6) March 1-3th as KH6/IK2GNW. Some operations will be on CW and RTTY but mainly on SSB. Activity will be on all bands, 160-6 meters with priority for Europe, especially LF bands. Check daily at 1630z on 3.8+ MHz and QSX below. QSL to home call.

VP5, TURKS & CAICOS. Joe, K8JP, will be here February 11-19th. Operations will be mostly on CW, low bands and the WARC bands. He callsign will be VP5/K8JP, but he plans to participate in the ARRL DX CW Contest as VP5JP (Single/OP entry). Joe will also be going on an over-night IOTA trip to Salt Cay (NA-003), in the Turks Islands. QSL to K8JP's new address: Joe Pontek, P.O. Box 59573, Schaumburg, IL 60159-0573.

The DXNL reports Koji, JJ2QEH, and Mack, JJ2QXI, have rented the shack of VP5JM and want to make as many contacts as possible from February 3-9th. Each operator will handle their own QSLs for the QSOs made via the bureau or direct. JJ2QEH via Koji Iida, 1866-2, Ota, Minokamo, Gifu 505, Japan and JJ2QXI via Masahiro Mori, 1268, Atobe, Mugegawa, Mugi, Gifu 501-26, Japan.

XV, VIETNAM. JA3UB, JR3MVF and JH3GRE will be visiting the club station in Ho-chi-minh City from February 9-15th. They were asked to maintain their equipment and antennas at the club. In their spare time, they will be active on 160-6 meters SSB/CW including WARC bands using 500watts and wire antennas for the low bands. Callsign and QSL route will be announced later. Send schedule/request to JH3GRE's FAX at 81+727-22-5959. ADDED NOTE: As this bulletin was being prepared a station, XV1A, was reported on the 14226 DX Net at 1615z Sunday (January 21st).

XV7SW UPDATE. Hans, K0HB, reports hearing Rolf, XV7SX, on 160 meters, and that Rolf plans to be active more regularly on 1827 kHz at his sunrise in Hanoi at 2330z. Europeans report hearing Rolf on 3505 kHz around 0000z.

XZ, MYANMAR. DXNS reports that XZ1A will be active in the CQWW 160 Meter Contest. Meanwhile, Pekka, OH1RY, says he and OH1MA will be active January 26th through February 3rd as XZ1R. More details are forthcoming.

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