The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 261
BID: $OPDX.261 July 8, 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, KA2AEV, N5UD, KE5GA, W5IJU & Island News, AA7VB,
K9AU, C53HG/WA1JBB CT1EEB, EA3BT, EY8MM, DF4RD, DJ7IK, DL5EBE,
G3SXW, G4BUE & DX News Sheet, G0AZT, I4EWH, IK1TZO &
Island News Bulletin, IK6CGO, ON4BDS, VE6OA and ZS1AFZ for the
following DX information.
3DA, SWAZILAND. DXNS reports
that Dave, WJ2O, is planning an African tour in October to
include 3DA.
5A, LIBYA. Andy, DJ7IK, reports
that a planned operation is in the works by Brendan, G0UCT, and
that an announcement will be made when all things are ready to
go. Also, Andy mentions he is planning a multi-station contest
operation from 5A1A next year. He has met the 1st operator of
5A1A, Ali during the "Ham-Radio-Convention" in
Friedrichshafen and has invited Ali to his home before going back
to Libya. Andy will provide some information about 5A1A and the
actual situation there within the next weeks.
5V, Togo (Update). Rodger,
G3SXW, states the VooDoo Contest Group is now optimistic that
plans for Togo will succeed. They hope to operate Multi/Multi in
CQ World-Wide CW Contest on November 23-24th. Their team took
first-place in the contest as 9G5AA (in 1994) and TY5A (in 1995)
and their goal is for a third straight win. They have requested
the callsign 5V5A. The team consists of AA7NO, G3SXW, G4FAM,
GM3YTS, K5VT, K7GE, KC7V, N7BG, W6RGG and WB7SRW. They plan to
establish six stations and 17 antennas in Lome, the capital of
Togo, with increased efforts on LF antennas. QSL Manager will be
Bill Ferguson, GM4AGL. The trip will include road journeys to
collect equipment stored in Abidjan (TU) and Accra (9G). They
also hope to operate with personal callsigns just before the
contest on WARC bands and maybe 160 meters. More details will
follow, including the address of a remarkable page on the
World-Wide Web now being developed for the team by Warren Hill,
KF7AY.
8Q, MALDIVES ISLANDS. Josep,
EA3BT, and his wife Nuria, EA3AOK, will be active October
22-31st, using the callsigns 8Q7OK and 8Q7BT, respectively. Their
main goal is to take part in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest. They plan
to be active on SSB, RTTY and do their best on CW (as they are
not very experienced in this mode). Activity will be on all bands
including the WARC bands. QSL via EA3BT, Josep Gibert, P.O. Box
366, 08800 Vilanova i la Geltru, Spain.
CY9, ST. PAUL ISLAND. A report
received indicates that Don, VE1AOE, and Ken, VE1RU are planning
to go here for a mini DXpedition some time in September.
D4, CAPE VERDE. Start looking
for Veronica, IK3VAW, to be active for several weeks beginning
July 21st. Activity will be on all bands but mostly SSB around
14240 kHz. No callsign was given but QSL to home call.
DU2, BABUYAN ISLANDS (Philippines).
The "Islands News" reports Jim, DU2/N3GKY, will be
active from here (IOTA OC-092) July 12-19th, as DU2INT. Activity
will be on 80-10 meters with operations probably on SSB only,
running 100 watts and a wire antenna.
FG, Guadeloupe. F6FUM will be active (probably as
FG/F6FUM) from July 7-14th. There will also be activity from Les
Saintes (NA-114) from July 15-21st, from Marie Galante (NA-102)
from July 21-28th and from La Desirade (NA-102) from July
29-30th. He will be accompanied by FG5HR and both will be active
on CW and SSB.
IOTA NEWS...
NA-119. Roy, AB5EA, will be active from Timbalier Island
as AB5EA/p on SSB and AB5EB/p on CW on July 20-21st. This
island is located in the Louisiana State Centre Group.
Check all IOTA frequencies.
NA-138. Vance, W5IJU (Editor of the Island News), will be
active from Amelia Island during the IOTA contest from
here. This island is located in the Flordia State East
Group. The callsign to be used will be W5IJU.
EU-038 and EU-146. In the week of August 24 to 31st,
David, ON4BDS, and Tobi, DL5NEJ, will be active from
Texel Island (located in the North Sea Coast North Group)
and Duiveland Island (located in the North Sea Coast
South Group). Activity will take place on all bands,
except 160 meters, with operations on SSB and CW, most
likely RTTY too. Look for them on IOTA frequencies. QSL
is direct via the 1996 callbook address or via bureau to
ON4BDS only.
EU-041. Gianni, IK6CGO, will sign IM0/IK6CGO/p from
Maddalena Island starting next Sunday morning July 14th.
On Sunday afternoon July 14th, he will then travel to
Caprera Island (same IOTA) using the same call. QSL via
ARI-bureau or direct to his home call, Gianni Bonfigli,
C.P. 19, I-62029 Tolentino (MC), Italy.
NEW ORLEANS INTERNATIONAL DX CONVENTION
slated for August 30-31st, now has a its scheduled events
available on the World Wide Web! It can be viewed at: http://www.sousystems.com/ke5ga/ke5ga.html
They will be updating this information at least once every two
weeks with biographies of the presenters as well as a synopsis of
their presentation. Also, Kan Mizoguchi, JA1BK, has been named
"DXer of the Year". The convention is drawing near so
call the host hotel, The Royal Sonesta, in New Orleans to reserve
your rooms at the discounted convention rates.
P4, ARUBA (on the satellite - RS12).
As mentioned last week, Dennis, AA7VB, will be active as P40Z
(see OPDX.260 for more details). He has now announced he will
operate on the RS 12 bird as frequently as possible between July
11-16th. His windows are:
July 11th - 2048-2105 and 2235-2250z
July 12th - 0806-0819, 0950-1005, 1935-1947 and 2117-2133z
July 13th - 0833-0848z
IARU CONTEST
July 14th - 2029-2044 and 2214-2229z
July 15th - 0744-0800, 0928-0944, 1915-1928 and 2055-2112z
P5, NORTH KOREA. A rumor started
earlier last week from the JA3CMD Contest Reflector, states that
Sanyi, HA7VK (aka XU7VK, XU95HA) will be on for 10 days from P5
starting 0000z on July 6th, using the callsign P51VK or HA7VK/P5.
The rumor also stated that HA7VK will only be running 100 watts
and will operate CW/SSB on 14 and 21 MHhz only. As this bulletin
was being prepared (Sunday morning at 1530z), there has been no
sign of Sanyi. BUT a message replyed from packet radio onto the
InterNet's DX Reflector from Laci, HA0HW, (HA7VK QSL Manager)
states HA7VK will get an answer to his permission request from
PTT to operate on coming Monday. (KYFC!!!!!!)
QSL INFORMATION (Announcements and
Corrections)...
Frank, K9AU, reports he is now the stateside QSL Manager
for Vlad, EW3LC.......
Fausto, I4EAT, is receiving a lot of QSLs via bureau for
IQ4A, but although he is member of this contest team, he
is NOT the QSL Manager. The right managers are: IK4QJH
for SSB and I4LCK for CW.....
New address of UK-QSL Bureau (UK9AA information): Uzbek
Radioamateur Federation, Box 0, Tashkent 700000,
Uzbekistan, CIS
TY, BENIN. Glenn/W6OTC,
Eddie/G0AZT, Steve/KE6FV and Ray/WF1B, will be signing TY1RY
as a Multi/Single entry in the 1996 CQ WW/DJ RTTY Contest,
September 28-29th. There will be some CW, SSB and WARC band
activity before the contest, if possible, providing all antenna
erecting is successful. QSL all contacts to: Eddie Schneider,
P.O.Box 5194, RICHMOND, CA 94805 USA. Please include an SASE or
SAE and return postage. Do not send cards via TY or any other
bureau.
UK, UZBEKISTAN. Two contest
callsign were issued recently in Uzbekistan: UK7F operated by
UK8FF (QSL via W3HNK) and UK0A operarted by UK9AA (QSL via
DL4YT/K4YT direct). Both stations are planning activity in
upcoming big contests.
V51, NAMIBIA. Gary,
C53HG/WA1JBB, has informed OPDX that his three year operation as
C53HG is now history and all his antennas are down. He will be
moving on to V51 Namibia, July 17th. Gary can't say how much he
enjoyed operating as C53HG and states his great QSL Manager Mac,
W3HCW, has handed out over 20,000 QSL cards so far, but his QSOs
numbered over twice that. He hopes to be operational in Namibia
on HF by September, so look for him then.
V6, ANTIGUA. Just a reminder
that Team Antigua will activate V26B in the upcoming WRTC/IARU
RadioSport Games on July 13th. There has been a report that the
team has been reduced in size of operators. They will be entering
either the Multi/Single or Multi/Multi catagory and that the
category decision will be made by the crew upon arrival in
Antigua. They will be active for a short time both before and
after the contest on all bands and modes. The members and QSL
routes for this trip will be:
V26B - Sam Harner, QSL via WT3Q
V26E - Darrel Neron, QSL via AB2E
V26U - Bill Hudzik, QSL via WA2UDT
VK0, MACQUARIE ISLAND. Reports
from Germany state Warren, VK0WH, will be QRT for the next 2 or 3
weeks due to antenna problems. The extreme weather conditions on
Macquarie Island and salty water caused a strong corrosion of his
antennas. Due to short days during the Antarctic winter season,
it will take 2 or 3 weeks for him to repair what has been
destroyed. We will keep you informed when Warren becomes active
again.
ZK1, SOUTH COOK ISLANDS. Just a
reminder to look for the 8-land operators (AA8U, AG8W, K8MJZ and
KA8KZJ) to be active July 11-21st. Callsigns to be used are
ZK1AAU, ZK1MJZ and ZK1AGW. The will operate from Rarotonga Island
as ZK1AAU in the IARU Contest. QSL via AA8U.
ZS8IR (Marion Island Update). Chris,
ZS8IR, is reportedly very happy on the island and his total QSOs
to date are 3,670 and has worked 113 countries; 48 ITU zones and
35 CQ zones.
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