The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 276
BID: $OPDX.276 October 28, 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, N4AA & QRZ DX, K8VJG, KF0UI, 9M2/G3NOM, DL2HEB,
DL5EBE, EA3BHK, F6AJA, G4BUE & DX News Sheet, JA1HGY, JA1UT,
ON4AG, OZ5AAH and VE3JLP following DX information.
5T5, MAURITANIA. JA1UT and a
group of operators are scheduled to visit "Republique
Islamique de Mauritanie" for a week beginning November 6th.
This is in support of the "Save Africa" aid project in
cooperation with the drivers of the famous "Paris-Dakar
Motor Rally". SSTV operation is planned in addition to the
usual modes. This may be a "first time" from 5T5???.
Participating members will be JA1UT, JA1UPA, and JR0CGJ. QSLs to
be handled by JA1UT.
9M8, EAST MALAYSIA (Attention 160 meters
operator!). The DX News Sheet (DXNS) reports Shin,
JA2SWJ, will be active November 2-3rd as 9M8HIM on 1824 kHz with
500W.
C5, THE GAMBIA. A few weeks ago,
OPDX mentioned that Gary, C53HG had left the The Gambia for
Namibia. Paul, VE3JLP, (DX Editor, The Canadian Amateur) wrote to
OPDX and that states we may begin to see a lack of activity from
C5 now. Paul reports, "My daughter, who taught at the Gambia
College of Agriculture at Brikama 18 months ago, tells me that
the science teacher there, who occasionally put the college
station, C53GCA, on the air has now moved on to a new job and
this station is likely, from now on, to be gathering dust! By the
way, the college station is the one I briefly put on the air in
Februaury, 1995, it was installed by a group of VE1s a year or
two before. I don't THINK there are any other resident staions in
C5, so it may soon become a pretty rare DX." OPDX has found
that C53HN still continues to be active briefly and mainly on CW.
Last spot listed on the Ohio/Penn Network was October 21st at
1842z on 14020 kHz.
FH, MAYOTTE. Denise, F6HWU, will
be active as FH/F6HWU from November 9-27th. She will be operating
mostly CW on all bands, and there may be some activity on RTTY.
FR/T, TROMELIN. FR5ZU/T was
heard this past week on 15 meters (21215 kHz around 1545z). His
length of stay is unknown at this time. QSL via FR5ZU.
INDIAN OCEAN DXPEDITION UPDATE.
Xavier, EA3BHK, reports the papers sent by Jon, EA2KL, and Luis,
EA3ELM, by mail to 3B8 became lost. They sent a fax two weeks ago
but they must now wait for their 3B8 licenses until next week.
About their 3B9 operation, there is very bad news, at the present
time there is no chance for a 3B9 license. On Reunion Island,
they will use the CEPT license as announced. You can read about
this DXpdetion on the WEB page: http://www.ctv.es/USERS/ea3bhk/dx/indic.htm
KH4, MIDWAY ISLAND. Next weekend
look for Ron, W7VWR, to be be active probably as KH4/W7VWR from
November 3-10th. Activity on CW will be 25 kHz up from bottom of
the band edge and SSB operations on 3800, 7188, 14195, 18130 and
21295 kHz. QSL to CBA.
KH0, MARIANA ISLANDS. Nao,
JA1HGY, and others will stay on Saipan from October 31st to
November 3rd for vacation, and will be active on all bands. Look
for KH0/JA4DND's to be active on 1911 kHz +/- (QSX 1824 for DX,
3799 kHz (SSB mainly), 7007 or 7044, 10 MHz and up on the usauly
DX frequencies. QSL via JA4DND home call direct or via the
bureau. Also, look for KH0/JA1HGY to be active on 10104, 18074
and 24894 kHz (mainly the WARC bands). QSL via JA1HGY. Other
callsigns mentioned: KE6DI/KH0 (QSL via JA1BRK), WH0/WH2Q (QSL
via JI1DLZ) and KH0/JR1MLU (QSL via JR1MLU).
OX, GREENLAND. Ben, OX3IPA,
Chairman of the International Police Association Radio Club
(IPARC) in Denmark, will be active from Nuuk, Greenland, October
30th to November 16th. Activity will be mostly CW on 160-6
meters. QSL will be good for police awards. QSL via OZ5AAH,
Preben Jakobsen, 9 Knoldager, 2670 Greve, Denmark with a SASE.
OZ, ROEMOE ISLAND (DENMARK).
Ulli, DL2HEB, will be using OZ/DL2HEB/p on IOTA EU-125. His IOTA
DXpedition will be from December 22th to January 3rd, 1997.
Activity will be on 80-10 meters. Check the IOTA and QRP
frequencies, especially on CW, 14040 and 14060 kHz. QSL via
DL2HEB or via the bureau.
QSL INFORMATION AND NEWS....
3E1DX active during this past contest weekend from
HP1XVH's QTH go to KF0UI.
Correction to QSL info reported in OPDX.275.1 for FS5PL.
QSL for the CQWW SSB and CW contests to WX9E. All other
FS5PL contacts to KF0UI or FG5BG (NOT via KG0UI has
reported).
The new QSL Manager for the DP1KGI-Expedition to Ardley
Island (South Shetlands) is DL5EBE. Those who did already
send a QSL to DL7VTS (ex. DD6UAB) will not have to send a
new card. All cards received via direct or via bureau
will be answered soon. DP1KGI was the first and the last
activity from the German Antarctic Station
"Ardley". The station, originally established
by the Academy of Sciences of the GDR, was taken over
from the Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine
Research. The station had to be closed last year to keep
the regulations of the Antarctic Contract signed by
Germany.
F5TCN has received the logs for YA9XL, but only for the
December 1st to 24th, 1995 period. He is still waiting
for the logs after December 24th.
Jean Michel, F6AJA, reports Gerard, F2JD/5R8EN, has been
closing down his station from Malagasy and will be
returning to France at this end of October with the last
part of his log. ADDED NOTE: Gerard will be going to
Panama (HP) November 20th, for at least 6 months.
Jean Michel, F6AJA, reports he has received his 5R8FI QSL
cards from the printer, and all direct request will be
mailed very soon.
F6BUM has been receiving QSLs for TO5A for February 1996.
He has the logs only for the July 96 operation.
NOT THE QSL MANAGER.... F2YT received some QSLs for
D44AB. He is not his QSL Manager.... F6EDZ received QSLs
for 3B8DZ. He is not his QSL Manager
SPECIAL EVENT STATION. On
November 1, 1944, the town of Knokke was finally liberated at
great cost of Canadian lives. Each year the fallen Canadians are
remembered with ceremonies, fesitivities and a "Canadian
Liberation March" on November 1st, and during that Canadian
Week. Many Canadian and Belgian veterans, VIPs and radio
amateurs, are participating in the events. This year, the Special
Event Station, OS4CLM (which the suffix stands for Canadian
Liberation March), will be on the air for the 14th time from
Friday, October 25th, until November 5th. The special event radio
station is operated by members of the BAFARA (Belgian Airforce
Amateur Radio Ass.), by members of the RNARS (Royal Naval Amateur
Society) and by members of the BYLC (Belgian YL Club). This
year's members of the Belgian IPARC section will attend on
Tuesday, October 29th, for the first time. A multi-colored
OS4CLM-Award will be available to all licensed amateurs and SWLs
for any contact with this special event station. They also can
get a beautifull QSL-card. Cost of the OS4CLM-Award is 5 U.S.
green stamps (no checks please) or 10 IRC's, with all proceeds
going to a welfare fund. The money is used to maintain memorials
and to keep the station OS4CLM on the air next air. You can
contact or listen to OS4CLM on the following frequenties: SSB -
3685, 7045, 14145, 21245, 28545 and 144250 kHz and CW - 3515,
7012, 14020, 21020, 28020 and 144020 kHz; also FM - 145.475 MHz.
If you want more information about the Special Event Radio
Station, OS4CLM, please contact: OS4CLM, Post Box 110, B-8300
Knokke, Belgium.
V5, NAMIBIA. Clarlie, KY0A,
should have arrived in South Africa this past Thursday, and from
there he is planning to make another trip into Namibia. He wants
OPDX to inform the readers that if anyone hears V5/ZS6YG, please
QSL "only" to KY0A. Do not use the South African QSL
Bureau! Charlie will be mostly mobile with 500 watts and antennas
for the low bands and WARC bands. His operation will be CW only.
VK0, HEARD ISLAND DXPEDITION UPDATE.
Carl Smith, N4AA, editor of QRZ DX, reported this week that on
October 10th, a 20 ft. container containing gear and life support
equipment for 20 people has left Oakland to be shipped Reunion
Island, the departure point for this very large DXpedition. The
team will assemble on Reunion Island during the last week of
December. On January 3, 1997, they will leave board the 300 foot
French vessel "Marion Dufresne" for a 10 day sail to
Crozet and then to Heard Island. The stations will come on the
air on or before January 15th, using the callsign VK0IR. The
total budget for this DXpedition is $320,000.
XU, KAMPUCHEA (CAMBODIA). There
was a report that JR1CSA and JA1SBH were active during the first
part of the month (October 9-13th) as XU1U and XU1AO. Operations
took place from the Battambong, in the north- west part of
Cambodia, and the JA ops made 500 QSOs, mostly with Europe. QSLs
should be sent to the individual operators.
XY, BURMA/MYANMAR. Another group
has announced that an operation from Yangon (Rangoon) Myanmar
(Burma) will take place from October 25th through November 4th,
by the "JA1UT" DX Group. This will be the 4th
demonstration /operation in the series linked to Visit Myanmar
Year 1996. They had hoped to operate from Mandalay or Pagan on
this occasion, but this was not possible, and the alternative of
an operation in Yangon was accepted. Call signs to be used are
XY1HT, XY1VMY, and XY1U. The group consists of mainly European
and Japanese operators. Additional operators are welcome to
contact 9M2/G3NOM. On the first weekend, an entry will be made
during this past weekend's CQWW SSB Contest. Also, a parallel
operation will be made on Satellite during the contest weekend.
The operation is taking place from the Headquarters of the
Ministry of Hotels and Tourism. QSL to JA8RUZ.
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