The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 286
BID: $OPDX.286 January 6, 1997
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, W4/YV5DTA, N4AA & QRZ DX, W5IJU & ISLAND/DX
News, N7KH, K7NPN, NL7TB, K8PYD, K8YSE, K9EL, CX5BW, F6AJA, G4BUE
& DX News Sheet, OH2BUA, PA3GBQ, PB0ALB, VE1AL and ZS6EZ for
the following DX information.
3Y, BOUVET. Several other DX
publications report that Tony, WA4JQS, Director of Operations of
the South Sandwich Island Antarctic DX Group, states the 1997/98
operation and paper work is going along very well. Permission had
been received for a December 1997 landing date, but with the
possible establishment of a CCAMLR (Convention of the
Conservation of Antarctic Marine Lining Resources) ecosystem
monitoring program being set up on the island and taking effect
in October, 1997. Problems could arise just before departure time
with permission to land. The South Sandwich Group has re-applied
for a 1998 season landing date also, so that they would have time
to work with any new requirements that the CCAMLR group should
request. He also reports that there are many requests by the JA
operators for them to postpone their landing until 1998, so that
the 28 MHz band opening to JA would be greater. This was also a
big factor in the new date request.
7O1A OFFICIAL RESULTS. The 7O1A
operation recently conducted by Zorro, JH1AJT, and Franz, DJ9ZB,
from Aden, Republic of Yemen, during December 15-23th, 1996,
using only a TS-50, R5 (10/15/20) and wire dipoles (40/80), made
13140 QSOs with 105 countries. All QSOs were on SSB. The break
down is as follows:
9G, GHANA. Steve, PA3GBQ, will
spend his 1997 holiday here from February 1st until March 8th.
His callsign will be 9G5BQ. Also, he will take part in the ARRL
CW contest maybe with a special callsign. This will be an all
band event from on top of a mountain. Activity will be mostly
during the night and morning hours on the low bands and WARC
bands. He will also try to obtain a license on 160 meters. Steve
may make a trip to TU-land during his holiday. All QSL cards via
PA3GBQ.
9M8, EAST MALAYSIA. PB0ALB will
be in Sarawak from April 19th to June 6th as 9M8CC. Activity will
be on AMTOR/RTTY and SSB on 80-10 meters. Europe stations should
look for him on 15 meters at 1100z, 20 meters at 1200 and 80
meters at 0000z. JA/USA stations should look for him somewhere
between 0200-0600z for 15/20 meters and 1000z for 80 meters.
C6, BAHAMAS. The DXNS reports
Rick, NE8Z, will be active January 13-20th as NE8Z/C6A from
Treasure Key. Activity will be on CW/SSB. QSL via NE8Z or K8LJG.
CE, CHILE. Paul, F6EXV, has
received his CE3/F6EXV licence. He will be active as soon as
possible. It is reported that he will be there for 2 or 3 years.
CX, ISLA DE FLORES (URUGUAY).
Pedro, CX5BW, and other CX operators will be active from IOTA
SA-030, January 10-20th. They will put on the air 5 stations on
all HF/VHF/UHF Bands. Special attention will be given to 6
meters. Their locator number is GF25. Activity will be on SSB,
CW, RTTY and SSTV. The last two modes are a first for SA-030.
They will put digital photos on the air of the expedition on
SSTV. The group's callsign was not mentioned. QSL to: P.O.Box 2,
Z.C. 11000, Montevideo-URUGUAY S.A.
CY0, SABLE ISLAND (BAD NEWS!).
Al, VE1AL, reports, "the Canadian government has announced
that it plans to close the weather station on Sable Island,
unless private interests can be coerced into paying for the
valuable services provided to the public. Another possibility is
that the station there would be automated and serviced on a
regular basis, much like the telephone facility that gets the
attention of Telco employees (who happen to the be hams) on an
irregular basis. Whether the others who have interests on Sable
Island (oil companies and scientists studying the environment)
would continue to remain there is not known. It would appear at
this point that future accessibility to Sable by Amateur Radio
Operators could be in severe jeopardy. On the other hand, it may
be argued, this was not the case on St. Paul Island (CY9) where
the lighthouse was automated a few years ago and there is no
"permanent" population. While there is no maintenance
of the landing site at St. Paul, sea access can be had with some
degree of difficulty. Maintenance crews use government supplied
helicopter service. However, Sable Island has special designation
as an environmentally protected area and government permission
for "visitors" would likley be scrutinized far more
closely than St. Paul. Also, landing areas on the Sable Island
beaches are currently checked by "residents" prior to a
plane's arrival. The landing site is a portion of beach that has
been visually inspected and deemed to be packed hard enough by
sea action so that a light plane equipped with very wide tires
can touch down safely without becoming bogged down in the sand.
No residents would preclude this and make airplane arrival
difficult or even impossible. Approaching Sable by sea is, at
best, extremely dangerous as it is known as "the Graveyard
of the Atlantic" and this leaves only very expensive
helicopter service."
H4, SOLOMON ISLAND. The German
team of Bernhard, DL2GAC, and Siegfried, DK9FN, will be active
here in February for at least two weeks. The callsigns to be used
are H44MS for SSB and H44/DK9FN for CW.
IMPORTANT! JUST A REMINDER! EVERYBODY
PLEASE READ!!! Leo, K8PYD, from the 8th Area QSL Bureau
would like to remind everyone with new "VANITY
CALLSIGNS" to send new SASE envelopes with your new
callsigns on them. Also, you should still send an envelope or two
with your old callsign on it just in case some cards continue to
show up over the next few years at your QSL bureau.
PJ9, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. The
"Island/DX News" reports John, W1BIH, will be active as
PJ9JT from Curacao, January 8th through March 30th. Activity will
have an emphasis on CW, with operations on 160-10 meters. QSL via
W1AX.
QSLS BEING LOST FOR ZS8RI.
Chris, ZS6EZ, QSL Manager for ZS8RI, reports, "....A lot of
people are losing their QSLs mailed to me, because they put
"Edward and Marion Island" on the envelopes.....
ZS8IR's QSL route is via ZS6EZ in South Africa. Do not put Edward
and Marion Island on the envelope!" ..... de Chris, ZS6EZ,
(Not on Marion Island!)
T32, CHRISTMAS ISLAND. T32Z, has
been quite active. CW/SSB activity varies between 0130 to 0800z
and also around 1900z. Check 21005, 14180, 7003 and 1826 kHz.
ADDED NOTE: Kay, N7KH, the sister of T32Z, reports to OPDX that
her brother is very concerned that wrong QSL information is being
published by some DX bulletin. That information showed QSL via a
W7! That information is totally incorrect, and any cards received
by the W7 WILL NOT be forwarded to anywhere but the trash can.
The correct QSL information is via N7YL, and always has been...
THE DX MAGAZINE (New Publisher).
"The DX Magazine, previously published by Paul and Nancy
Smith, following many years of publication by Chod Harris, has
been purchased by Carl Smith, N4AA, current publisher of QRZ DX.
The March/April 1997 issue will be the first one by the new
publisher..." de QRZ DX .... Also, QRZ DX now has a WEB Page
and will be expanded upon Carl's return from the UK. The address
is: http://www.abooks.com/dx
USI ALERT (United States Islands Award
Program). Jim, AA3ID, and XYL Dianne, N3GPF, will be
back on Hatteras Island (NC-005S) on January 6-12th, with 10-80
meters (and 6m) capability. Their main operating frequency will
be 14260 kHz. Special QSLs will be available.
VK0, HEARD ISLANDS NEWS AND UPDATES...
Jukka, OH2BUA, reports that a special real-time coverage
for the Heard Island Dxpedition on the World-Wide Web is
availabe now. Check the WebCluster at:
http://www.clinet.fi/~jukka/heard.html
Heard Island DXpedition Teams's departure from Reunion
Island has been delayed by a strike in France. The team had
been ready to set sail January 3rd, but instead the team will
now leave January 5th (More on this later). The bad news is
the team will now head directly to Heard Island without
making a planned stop at Crozet Island. John, ON4UN, reports
that the French Regie Maritime, the semi-official agency that
manages all ferries in France, went on strike so the crew of
the Marion Dufresne, the expedition vessel, went on strike
for 2 days as a sign of solidarity with their brethren in
France. The team was active over the past week as TO0R from
Reunion Island. Activity was mostly on 160 meters. As this
was being typed, John, K8YSE, informed OPDX of the following
information: "The Heard Island DXpedition team is now
enroute to Heard Island per my QSO with them today around
1700z, Sunday. The expected landing date is January 12th, and
they will not be operating until they get everything set up.
Setup time is estimated to be 2 days. Everyone is in good
spirits after their superb performance from Reunion Island on
160m. They are hoping to do the same from Heard Island."
The team expects to be active for two weeks. They will sail
back to Reunion Island but plan (hope) to stop at Kerguelen
Island for about one day. KYFC!!
XT, BURKINA FASO. The DXNS
reports Hugolin, XT2HB, is a newly licensed amateur and is often
active on 14225 kHz around 1730z weekdays and 0730z at weekends.
QSL direct to: Dep. 01, BP 6397, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
1997 ELECTED DX CLUB OFFICIALS
(Congratulations!).......
South Florida DX Association - Pres: Scott Hotchkiss, W4PJ (Ex KR4GJ)
VP : Steve Morao, YV5DTA/W4
Sec : Mike Kloc, W4MK (Ex WP2S)
Trea: Jerry Crawford, K7UPJ
B.O.D.: Steve Sarasohn, W2ZR (Ex WU2W)
Doug McDuff, W4OX (Ex WB4MAI)
Mike Raskin, K4KUZ
Peter Rimmel, K8UNP
Don Search, W3AZD
Western Washington DX Club - Pres: Bob Preston, W7TSQ
VP : Dick Swanson, K7BTW
Sec : Mike Schone, WA7BAY
Trea: Marina Zuetell, N7LSL
Trustees: Duncan Carman, W7JEN
John Gohndrone, N7TT
Joe Gregory, W7QN
Adam Kerner, K7ST
Larry Short, N7YQ
Roger Huntley, W7VV
Central Arizona DX Association - Pres: Mike Fulcher, KC7V
VP : Mike Bill, AA7NO
Sec : Steve Thompson,N7TX
Trea: Rick Dill, N7KO
Member at Large: Dave Hollander, N7RK
Member at Large: Ned Stearns, AA7A
North Jersey DX Association - Pres: Ben Friedland, K2BF
VP : John Sawina, NA2R
Sec : Bill Hudzik, W2UDT
Trea: Gene Ingraham, N2BIM
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