The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 279
BID: $OPDX.279 November 18, 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, AD1C, WA1YTW, KA2CYN, W4ZV, N5AW, W5ZPA, KH6BZF, K7WX,
NL7TB, K8YSE, WA0RJY, DF4RD, DL2HBX, DL3KUD, G4BUE & DX News
Sheet, JA1IDY, JF1SQC, LU6EF, OH7KD, VR2GO and ZS5S for the
following DX information.
3C, EQUATORIAL GUINEA. Marv,
N5AW, and Phil, N6ZZ, have licenses in hand for an operation from
Bioco Island, Equatorial Guinea. Their callsigns will be 3C5A for
Marv and 3C5Z for Phil. They will have two transceivers, an
amplifier, a tribander and dipoles. They also plan to operate
3C5Z in the CQWW CW Contest as a Multi/Single entry. Also, they
plan to operate the WARC bands outside of the contest, possibly
with two stations. Both of them prefer CW but will try to spend a
little time on SSB. Sorry, there will be no RTTY or packet. Phil
arrives in 3C-land November 17th and departs December 1st. Marv
arrives November 20th and departs the 28th. QSLs for both
stations go via N6ZZ.
3V, TUNISIA. Uli, DL2HBX, states
he is heading here for his first real pile-ups on Wednesday,
November 20th. He reports that on Thursday and Friday he will
most likely be spending time to get to know the people at 3V8BB
and to do some antenna work. He states, "I hope there will
be some time left over to become familiar with pile-ups before
the BIG ONE starts..." During the CQ WW DX Contest you can
find him around .033 kHz ("BCC frequencies") at least
on the high bands. He will have to see if this is suitable for
the low bands as well. NOTE! **** Every QSO will be confirmed via
the BURO! **** If you can't wait, direct submissions should go to
his home address: Ulrich Ann, Marienstr. 20a, D-38104
Braunschweig, Germany. Sufficient return postage for overseas
airmail currently is either 2 US green stamps or 1 (one!) IRC.
However, he asks for some patience as he plans to have color
photo cards printed.
5X, UGANDA (UPDATE). 5X4DLI
(Dave, KE4EW) and 5X4DEL (Dale, N3BNA) are now active from
northwest Uganda, from the station of 5X4F (Paul). QSL 5X4DLI via
KE4EW, 5X4DEL via WB3DNA and 5X4F via K3SW. They will join in a
Multi/Single entry (using battery power) in the CQWW-CW Contest
as 5X4F. Look for them 37 kHz from the bottom of the bands when
possible.
C21, NAURU. JUST A REMINDER!
Begin looking for the C21BH team to be active November 20-27th
(activity also during the CQWW CW Contest) to celebrate Martti
Laine's 50th birthday. Suggested frequencies:
During the CQ WW CW Contest they will move to the lower end of
the bands if they can't keep their prefered frequencies. Do
remember that one station will remain on SSB during the contest!
ADDED NOTE: OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive an added
bulletin containing an update provided by Mats, SM7PKK. ADDED
UPDATE: Just before going to print, OPDX was told Hillar Raamat,
N6HR, has been added to the list of operators of: DU3YL, DU9RG,
KJ4VH, K8YSE, JA1BK, JP1NWZ, OH1RY, OH2BC, OH2BE, OH2BH and
SM7PKK.
CU, AZORES. Matt, DL3KUD, will
once again be active from "these beautiful islands" as
he calls them. His activity will begin between the December 30th
and January 12th (1997) as CU8/DL3KUD from Flores Island (IOTA
EU-089). He will sign CU2/DL3KUD from Sao Miguel Island (IOTA
EU-003) from the Jaunary 13-19th. Operations will be in CW only
and on all HF-Bands between 160 and 10 meters. He will use a
100W-TRX, R7, and dipoles for 160 and 80 meters. He may use a
small Power Amplifier, too. QSLs will be answered 100% via
bureau. If possible, don't send any QSLs direct please.
HC, EDUADOR. Look for Bernd,
DL1VJ, to be active in the upcoming CQWW CW Contest as HC1OT.
Activity will be on all bands.
HC8, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. Trey,
N5KO (ex-WN4KKN), will be active as HC8N on all bands in the CQWW
CW, and will be active as N5KO/HC8 before and after the contest.
QSL via AA5BT.
HS, THAILAND. Jack, WA0RJY; Sam,
HS0/SM3DYU; LA7JO along with several others will be mounting a
Multi/Single effort with the callsign HS0AC during the CQWW CW
Contest weekend. They have received special permission to operate
on 80 and 160 meters, and they will be working on receiving
antennas for those bands during the week prior to the contest.
Listen for them on the low bands! Jack told OPDX that he will be
operating prior to the contest (and possibly after) as
HS0/WA0RJY.
JW, SVALBARD. The "DX News
Sheet" reports that Mathias, JW5NM, is very active on 160
meters (1820-1825 kHz). He hears JAs between 2105-2125z and the
USA West Coast and KH6 at 0630z. He will be QRT November 15-21th
and December 1-15th, but plans to be active for the CQWW CW
Contest. QSL via LA5NM.
KH0, MARIANA ISLANDS. Sei,
KH0DQ/JF1SQC, informs OPDX that he and NH2C/JI3ERV, AL7NC/JK3GAD
and WI3O/JR7OMD will operate as KH0DQ from Saipan (IOTA OC-086)
in next CQWW CW Contest as a Multi/Single entry. Their
Sunrise/Sunset is 2023z/0744z. QSL via JF1SQC.
LX, LUXEMBOURG. Look for LX4B
during the CQWW CW Contest as an 80 meters single band entry. QSL
via LX1TI. Meanwhile, look for LX/DF0BK in the contest as a
Multi-Op/Single entry. Activity will be on 160-10 meters. QSL via
DL8SCG.
OI, FINLAND. The SRAL has
authorized OH7AAC to use callsign OI7T during both 1996 CQWW
SSB/CW Contest. So look for OH7AAC to use the callsign OI7T in
the upcoming CW contest as a Multi/Single entry. QSL via OH7AAC.
PZ, SURINAM (also possibly FY, French
Guiana). Mako, JA1OEM, will be active most days in
Surinam on CW. His callsign was not mentioned. Suggested
frequencies:
If possible, he will go to French Guiana (FY) for a week
during his stay in PZ-land and he hopes to be active on CW with
activity on 3.5/3.8 and 7 MHz. His length of stay was not
mentioned, but Mako will not join the CQWW CW Contest activity
and will be on SSB during the contest on November 23-24th. Mako
has been active from 5 continents (AS, OC, EU, NA and AF). This
DXpedition is his 6th and last continent. Mako is 70 years old!
QSL to JA1OEM.
QSL NEWS AND INFORMATION...
LU6Z QSL (SOUTH ORKNEY). Raul, LU6EF, states, "We
are happy to say that we cleared all direct requests for
LU6Z - South Orkney 1995/1996 QSLs. Last big batch of
cards were sent during the first week of October, so all
of you should have LU6Z QSLs in your hands by now. If it
is not your situation, please send a new request to us,
and please send only cards to P.O. Box 9, 1875 Wilde,
BA., Argentina. Also, PLEASE DO NOT SEND GREEN STAMPS,
SEND ONLY IRCs. We are still working with bureau QSLs. If
you still need cards from past GACW operations, please
let us know. We manage cards for: LU7X - L8D/X - LU3ZI -
LU2ZC - LU6UO/Z - and LU5EVB/Z. Again, we are sorry to
say that we can not answer all E-mail requests by the
same way, although we are taking them for our records...
Best Regards. Raul M. Diaz, LU6EF GACW QSL Manager".
T9/WA5IKQ, Bosnia-Herzagovina. The first shipment of
Dave's logs have arrived at his QSL Manager's QTH. Dave's
QSLs have been printed and received. The first wave of
incoming QSLs to his manager have been replied. QSL via
KH6BZF, CBA Callbook instructions, i.e. SAE+IRCs or SASE.
WHERE TO QSL FOR 9Q5PA! Thanks to Scott, WA1YTW, who had
a QSO with Frank, 9Q5PA, on RTTY this past week, the
question as been answered. Per Frank: QSL direct to Frank
Patris, 9Q5PA, C/O American Embassy Kinshasaa Unit 31550,
APO AE 09828, United States of America. You must QSL
direct, there is NO QSL bureau in Zaire. All QSLs
received directly are answered prompty and directly by
U.S. or International mail. SASE OR green stamp is
appreciated. Meanwhile, Dave, KA2CYN, states he has
received a QSL several days ago for a contact that took
place late October using the same address.
USI ALERT (United States Island award
program). Jim, KA3UNQ, will be roving Rhode Island's
islands from now until November 19th. Look for him to be on from
RI-06, 07, 03 and 05 (all NA-31) on 14260 or 7260 kHz +/- QRM
(probably around 1700/1800z). QSL via bureau or direct with SASE.
V3, BELIZE. The following group
will be active from Ambergris Caye, Belize, from December
11-16th: Mike, W5ZPA (V31MP); Stan, W5JYK (V31YK) and Wondy, K5KR
(call pending). Activity will be on CW, SSB, and RTTY. QSL to
each home call with SASE.
V85, BRUNEI. Hajime, JO1RUR,
will operate as V85HG in the upcoming CQWW CW Contest as a Single
Op/All Band entry. QSL via BURO to JH7FQK.
VS96/VR96, HONG KONG (VS6/VR2). Tom,
VR2GO (now signing VR96GO), states these prefixes will also
change to VS97 and VR97 on 1/JAN/97 and to VR98 on 1/JAN/98. All
this is in observence of the handover of Hong Kong to Mainland
China.
XZ1N (MYANMAR) NOW ACTIVE.
Warren, K7WX (ex-KF7AY), states in a news release that .....
"Construction of the four stations began on Saturday,
November 16th, and all should be fully operational by the time of
the first North American opening on Sunday, November 17th. Zones
3, 4 and 5 should look for us on 40 and 30-meters around their
local sunrise. We will have monoband antennas and all the
necessary firepower. Daily updates to the XZ1N web site will be
handled by N7RK. We will list useful propagation information for
zones 24, 15, 14, 5, 4 and 3, as well as other observations
regarding long path possibilities. We will also list the call
signs of very strong stations and some of the better operators we
encounter. Look for your call sign!! From all of us on the XZ1N
DXpedition team, good DX and CU in the pile-ups! 73 de
Warren/K7WX" ADDED NOTE: OPDX InterNet Subscribers will
receive an added bulletin containing the last press release
provided by Dave, N7RK.
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Tedd Mirgliotta KB8NW
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