The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 256
BID: $OPDX.256 June 3, 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, WA2FIJ, WD4PDZ, AA5DX, DF4RD, DK9IP, DL7VOA, DL9GOA
& DX News Letter, EI6FR, EY8MM, G3RTE, G4BUE & DX News
Sheet, HL1SSG, I1JQJ & 425 DX NEWS, OZ8RO, VE1RU and VE6SRC
for the following DX information.
4S, SRI LANKA. Over the past
weekend, stateside stations (along with Europeans and Asians)
report 4S7EA was quite active on 15, 20 and 80 meters SSB. Check
15 meters on 21250 kHz around 1130z; 20 meters on 14190 khz
around 1515z and 0140z and 80 meters on 3799 kHz around 1920z.
QSL via Ernest Amarasinghe, 275 6 Colombo Rd, Divulpitija,
Boralesgamuwa, Sri Lanka.
9H, MALTA. Be looking for Heinz,
DL6MDG, to be active from Valetta, June 7-20th. He will be
signing 9H3SS and will be active mainly on SSB. QSL via CBA.
9N, NEPAL. The DX New Letter
(DXNL) reports Brad, KV5V, will stay in Nepal and will try to
become active from the stations of 9N1ARB (Dick) and 9N1RHM
(Rich) from June 23-30th. Meanwhile, Dick can usually be found on
20 meter (around 14200 kHz +/- 20 khz) between 0100 and 0230z.
QSL via KV5V. Rich, who seems to be not as active, can be found
around about the same time and frequencies. Remember, YL Kyoko,
9N1KY, is on the air from Nepal until July. There have been no
QSNs reported (on the Ohio/Penn Network) of her activity as of
yet.
9U, BURUNDI. Well known DXer,
Peter, ON6TT (currently signing 5X1T), was heard active from here
this past week operating from Alfredo, 9U5CW, QTH. Using
Alfredo's callsign and station, Peter was very active on CW on
the lower bands. Check 80 and 160 meters between 2230 and 0300z.
He was also heard operating on 17 meters and 20 meters
CW/SSB/RTTY. His length of stay is unknown at this time.
EJ, GREAT BLASKET ISLAND (IRELAND).
Declan, EI6FR, reports that the WestNet DX Group will activate
IOTA EU-007 next weekend. Opertions will begin Friday, June 7th
and last until Monday, June 10th inclusive. This will be an all
bands (10-160 meters) operation with particular attention to the
low bands. The callsign used will be EJ7NET and QSLs should go as
usual to EI6FR. ADDED NOTE: Declan states this same group will be
active in July for the IOTA contest where they will operate from
Anglesey EU-124 using the callsign GW4VEQ/P (or a special contest
callsign).
EY9, TAJIKISTAN (RARE PREFIX!). Nodir,
EY8MM, reports he will be planning to be active as EY8MM/9
Sunday, June 6th (ed. I think he means June 9th, but just in case
watch for him on the 6th) on 18 MHz. Nodir is looking for a good
contest (160 m) position and will drive over mountains and
install temporary 2-el quad for a 1 day test. He hopes it will be
interesting for PX hunters to catch a EY9 since they are not
active and are considered a rare prefix. All QSL via bureau or
CBA.
FO, CLIPPERTON ISLANDS (DXPEDITION
UPDATE). Jay, WA2FIJ, continues to seek a boat (or two)
whose owner(s) would like to go to Clipperton or who may be
passing the island and would be willing to stop for 7-10 days and
then drop the team off in Mexico (or Costa Rica) in the
February/March 1997 time frame. For this DXpedition, there is a
planned FIRST YL operator and the first use of a Quad/tower combo
on the island (if the vessel can handle the tower). Jay is quite
confident he can get the necessary paperwork for an operation,
but he needs a boat (or boats) committed so the paperwork can be
inititated. Jay reports the Clipperton operation requires 3
levels of documents:
Permission for the specific boat to be in French waters.
Permission to be on the island.
The actual amateur license.
In order to file the paperwork he needs the name of the
boat(s) to generate the proper permits. Thus the search for a
vessel.
FR/T, TROMELIN. According to the
425 DX NEWS FR5ZQ should be active in July as /T for some weeks.
The CW/SSB activity is planned.
GJ, JERSEY (An IOTA DXpedition). IOTA
chasers should mark their calendars for this one. Jim, G3RTE, and
Phil, G3SWH, will be active from "Les Minquires" - The
Minkies, EU-099 from Friday 28th June until Monday 1st July 1996.
Callsigns to be used will be GJ3RTE/P on SSB and GJ3SWH/P on CW.
Operations will be on all bands from 80-10 meters depending upon
conditions. It is planned to have two stations running. All
QSLing will be handled by G3SWH (direct to CBA or via the
bureau). This trip is dependant upon the weather.
HL0, BOGIL ISLAND (South Korea).
Hanyang University Amateur Radio Club (HL0C) plans to operate at
Bogil Island, Chunnam Provice, Korea. The island is in IOTA
AS-085 group. The date of operation will be June 24-26. HL0C/4
will be the callsign used. Send QSL card to HL0C direct or via
the bureau. Please add "Amateur Radio Club, HL0C" to
the CBA if you send your QSL card direct.
QSL UPDATES....
Ken, VE1RU, reports that 75% of the CY0TP QSLs for the
USA have mail. Mailings go out every Monday morning.
Requests for QSLs via the bureau have been arriving over
the last month with the first mailing of bureau cards
taking place last week. QSL requests for 6 meters and
satellite contacts have been mailed with none
outstanding. If you have already sent for a QSL and it
hasn't shown up in your mailbox as of yet, Wayne, VE1CBK,
requests that you don't send again, at least until all
the remaining QSLs have been answered and the
questionable cards have been checked. Remember, all
contacts for 6 meters and up which includes all
satellites contacts go via VE1AOE (CBA). All contacts
with CY0AOE, also go via VE1AOE. All HF contacts RTTY, CW
and SSB go via VE1CBK, Wayne King, 63 Brook St., Lake
Fletcher, Nova Scotia, CANADA, B2T 1A5.......
If you need QSLs for 9K2ZZ, 9K2ZC or 9K2YY, you better
send for them soon. Ray, W8CNL, and Derek, KC3ELO, report
that they will be removing the logs off their computers.
Once the logs are off the computer, they will only reply
QSLs about once every 6 months.........
9H0DX AND 9H3WK QSLs are printed (reports Win, DK9IP) and
will be mailed to the DARC-HQ next week for further
distribution to the bureaus. Cards received direct were
mailed already......
Ray, OZ8RO, reports all direct QSLs for his JW5HE
activities in April and May have been sent out now......
Dave, WD4PDZ, reports he is NOT the QSL Manager for
KP4XX. He has been receiving cards for this station
(mostly from Europe) and he has no knowledge of this
station. He is the QSL Manager for YS1XS.
RARE GRID SQUARE FOR VHF CONTEST.
Look for I8TWK/8 operating from grid square JM79, from the June
6-10th. Frequencies to be used are: 50.152 MHz (SSB and CW) and
144.100 (Random MS); also 144.300 *-QRM SSB Tropo calls.
SPECIAL EVENT STATION. Armed
Forces Day will be held at Canadian Forces Base Calgary next
Sunday, June 9th from 1600z to 2200z. Special Event Station
CF6AFD will be on the air from Hanger 1, Currie Barracks, CFB
Calgary. Activity planned will be on HF, local VHF (FM &
SSB), packet radio and possibly 6 meters. QSL to VE6SRC.
UK SPECIAL CONTEST CALLSIGNS. The
DX News Sheets (DXNS) report British club stations will be using
special "1x1" and "2x1" callsigns in certain
international HF contest. The callsign will consist of a
"G" or "M", a regional locator (except
England), a digit corresponding to the year (ie. 6 for 1996) and
a single letter (example: G6A, M6B, GW6Y, MM6Z... etc). Fifty-two
callsigns are available each year (G#A-Z and M#A-Z). The first
contest in which these special callsigns will appear will be the
IARU Championship (July 13-14th).
VQ9, CHAGOS ISLANDS. Ron, VQ9DX
(AA6DX), will be leaving Diego Garcia on June 11th after 4 months
of activity. QSLs will be printed upon his return and mailed
promptly. QSL via home call AA5DX, Ron Marra, Marginal 301-C, La
Rambla, Suite 205, Ponce, PR. 00731
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