The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 310
BID: $OPDX.310 June 23, 1997
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
Online at 216-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio
Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster
Network, N2OO, WB2YQH & The 59(9) DXReport, W3UR & Daily
DX, AA4US, KP4AM, N4GN, WD4JNS, KH6BZF, AA7VL, K7JJ, NL7TB, DJ5AV
& DX News Letter, F5ATD, G3SWH, G4BUE & DX News Sheet,
JA1ELY, JA4DND, IK0AZG, SP2FOV, VE9AA, VK9LW and VS6XMT for the
following DX information.
3W, VIETNAM. Toshi, JA1ELY,
reports the following: After Hiroo's, JA2EZD, XU2A operation,
Hiroo went to Vietnam to help setup a new club station, 3W6LI.
Hiroo has been showing up on 15m SSB. He will be active on all
band either SSB and CW. Meanwhile, Hiroo has a plan to operate
from Quan Phu Quoc Island the first IOTA from 3W-land. He may use
his own callsign, 3W6ZD or 3W6PQ (applied). Quan Phu Quoc Island
is in the Mekong Delta West Group located on the border of
Cambodia. No IOTA number is issued. Check your 1997 IOTA
Directory, page 63, there are seven Vietnamese groups, all with
no IOTA number. Meanwhile, the "Daily DX" reports 3W5RS
has recently been showing up again at the bottom of 20 meters on
CW around 1400-1500z.
3Z, POLAND. Special event
station 3Z2GD will be active once again to celebrate 1000 years
of Gdansk City during the month of July. QSL via SP2FOV.
5X, UGANDA. Mats, SM7PPK,
reports that he has received the Ugandian license of 5X1Z. He
currently working on his antennas and has something up on 40
meters, so he will be there on CW as much as he can. Other
antennas will be up soon. Mats states that there are others
active on SSB, so he will mainly be on CW for the time being. QSL
via SM7PKK: Mats Persson, Zenithgatan 24 #5, SE-212 14 Malmoe,
Sweden (de Mats.. Please try to forget my old address this time
around or your QSL will be delayed at least 3-4 months extra!!!)
8P, BARBADOS. The "DX News
Sheet" reports Enno, PA0ERA, will be active from July
3-16th, during a holiday from Holetown on the West Coast. This
will be a CW only operation mainly on the WARC bands (wire
antennas). Enno will be on 6 meters (IC-706 and 4 el yagi),
possibly with a 6m beacon.
9G, GHANA. PA3AWW will be active
now until the end of 1997 as 9G1AA. He is currently working at
the Dormaa Hospital. Activity will be mostly CW. The callbook
address of PA3AWW is wrong, so QSL to: H v Dousterhout,
Bosbesplein 15, NL-3355 SG Papendrecht.
9M6, EAST MALAYSIA (SPECIAL EVENT
DXPEDITION). A special event station will be active in
Sabah to celebrate the Grand Opening of "Hillview
Gardens", a resort with a Ham Radio theme. Bob, N2OO,
reports this is a life-long dream of Alfons, 9M6MU, and Doris,
9M6DU. That becomes a reality this August. The special event
DXpedition will be operational from Hillview Gardens August
4-23rd, signing with a special callsign (to be announced at later
date). Operations will be on 40-10 SSB/CW including WARC bands
for this initial operation. Operators as of this time are: Bob,
N2OO/9M6OO; Alan, VS6KY/ZL1TX (ex-VS5TX) and several local 9M6
operators. All QSLs will go via N2OO. Hillview Gardens used to be
Alfons and Doris' home. Last year, Alfons and Doris began a
project to convert the home and surrounding property into a
resort. It includes a 50 ft. swimming pool, food, beverage and
entertainment areas; 20 chalets (rooms), a new 85 ft. tower and
hamshack. Please send any inquiries directly to Bob's, N2OO,
E-mail address at: CQPINEY@worldnet.att.net
BY, CHINA. "The 59(9)
DXReport" states Simonetta, IV3FSG, will be in Beijing July
9-28th, and hopes to be active from a club station, possibly on
RTTY.
CY9AA, ST. PAUL ISLAND (UPDATE AND
REMINDER!). This DXpedition starts Thursday, June 26th
(complete details can be found in OPDX.303). The CY9AA gang is
very pleased to announce the addition of Tom Taormina, K5RC, as
their "North American HF Pilot Station". Tom brings
with him many years of HF DXing and will most certainly prove to
be a great asset to the CY9AA gang. Please send pertinant
comments to Tom (which will be relayed to the DXpedition team
through various means) via E-mail: TOMK5RC@aol.com
HG, HUNGARY. Be looking for
special event station HG5UFO to be active on 80-10 meters on all
modes now until June 29th. Activity is in celebration of the
International Exhibition of Space in Budapest. QSL via P.O. Box
17, Budapest 1456, Hungary.
HZ1AB WEB HAS MOVED. HZ1AB has
moved to a new provider. There is lots of good news regarding the
station's continuing operation. Also, photos and QSLs have been
added. Check out at: http://www.garlic.com/~k7jj/hz1ab.html
IOTA NEWS...
Be looking for JA4DND/4, JI4POR/4, JM4BPV/4 and JM4MAQ/4
from Oki-Archipelago (AS-041), starting June 28th (at
0700z) throughout June 30th (0100z). Activity will be on
160-6 meters SSB/CW. Operations will be mainly on the
IOTA frequencies plus 7006.7045, 10112, 14026, 14160 and
21016 kHz. QSL via homecalls.
Jim, G3RTE, and Phil, G3SWH, will be activating St.
Nicolas Island in the Glenans group, IOTA EU-094 (DIFM
AT-010), between Saturday 28th and Monday 30th June 1997.
They plan to run two stations simultaneously with
F/G3RTE/P on SSB on the usual IOTA frequencies and
F/G3SWH/P on CW on all bands 80 to 10 meters. QSLs for
both stations will be handled by G3SWH: 21 Dickensons
Grove, Congresbury, Bristol, BS19 5HQ, UK. or via the
RSGB bureau.
OH0, ALAND ISLANDS. Tim, N4GN,
says he will be active as OH0/N4GN along with OH1NX and OH2BH and
will arrive on the Aland Islands on Monday, July 7th. The group
will put two stations on the air for the deserving. The operation
will be carried out from the famous OH0W site with stacked beam
antennas and a clear horizon over the open sea in all directions.
There will be two FT-1000MP stations with Alpha 91B amplifiers on
the air using the following suggested frequencies:
QSL via Tim Totten, N4GN (ex-KJ4VH), 8309 Dawson Hill
Road, Louisville, KY 40299-5317, U.S.A.
OJ0, MARKET REEF. The OH0 group
(mentioned above) will be joined by OH1VR, OH1RX (ex-OH1NYP),
OH3FT and OH0RJ on July 10th, when the Finnish Coast Guard will
transport the entire group to this barren rock between Finland
and Sweden. The stations will hit the airwaves late on Thursday
evening, July 10th. OJ0/OH1VR will be active in the IARU
Radiosport Championship and the OJ0/N4GN call sign will be used
to hand out elusive OJ0 QSOs before and after the contest and
also on the WARC bands during the entire weekend. A special
effort will be made to activate 6 meters during the season of
sporadic-E. The team will also be active on RTTY. The operation
is limited to 6 kW of generator power. The same frequencies as
OH0/N4GN will be used. The operation will close down on Monday,
July 14th. QSL to OJ0/OH1VR via OH1VR Seppo Sisatto,
Lansirinteenkatu 23, 33400 Tampere, Finland. QSL to OJ0/N4GN via
Tim Totten N4GN (ex-KJ4VH), 8309 Dawson Hill Road, Louisville KY
40299-5317, U.S.A.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
GianFederico, IK0AZG, QSL Manager of special event
station IR0MFP (Millennium For Peace) states he is still
waiting for QSLs to be printed. IR0MFP and several
stations qualified for the new certificate "2000:
Millennium for Peace" (details can be found on the
425DX Awards page at http://www-dx.deis.unibo.it/htdx.
Gene, AA4US, informs OPDX that he is now the QSL manager
for Atson, V63BR.
John, AA7VL, provided OPDX with the following update to
QSL Didier, FK/F5PXQ. Didier is now giving out a local
address to QSL to: Didier Lavisse, Caserne Normandie,
B.P. 12, 98842 Noumea Cedex, NEW CALEDONIA. However,
Didier wants people to know that $1.00 is equivalent to
100 XPF, and that stamps for North America cost 130 XPF.
One green stamp is not enough!
TM0, FRANCE. Special event
station TM0VER will be active on all HF bands plus 144 MHz from
June 28th to July 7th, CW and SSB. The station will operate from
the "America-Gold Beach" Museum in Ver sur Mer
(Calvados), on the channel coast of Normandy, FRANCE. The station
commemorates the historical flight of R. E. Byrd, of polar fame,
between USA and France in 1927, which ended in this village after
a forced landing on the sea. A handsome QSL card will be printed
to confirm the QSOs made with this station. Please send your card
with details of the QSO either via Bureau (QSL Manager F5UOW) or
direct to: A.R.S TM0VER, The AMERICA - GOLD BEACH MUSEUM, 2 Place
Amiral Byrd, F-14114 VER SUR MER, FRANCE (Please for direct QSLs
send a self-addressed envelope plus two International Reply
Coupons "IRCs".)
USI NEWS. The United States
Islands Awards Program (USI) is celebrating its 3rd anniversary,
and over 1000 state islands have been activated. The special
event station VY1USI will be used before and during Canada Day
Contest from Yukon River Islands starting 1700Z June 30th. On
July 2nd, VE7USI will be on from several islands in Atlin Lake.
QSL to: John Reisenauer, NL7TB, USI Contest Mgr./Spec. Events
Coordinator, 23406 East Kennedy Rd., Benton City, WA 99320 USA
UTC CORRECTION AND LEAP SECOND
ADJUSTMENT. Well known propagation guru Lee, KH6BZF,
would like to remind\inform all amateurs of the following:
"Master clock pulses used by WWV, WWVH, WWVB and the GOES
satellite time code transmissions are referenced to the UTC time
scale. Occasionally, one second is added to the UTC time scale
due to the slowing of the revolutions of the Earth. A positive
leap second will be added beginning at 23-hr 59-mins 60-secs UTC
on June 30th and ending at 0-hr, 0-min, 00-secs UTC on July
1st." (This is something your watch watches for...please
pass it the word!...... ALOHA & Mahalo, Lee "KH6BZF
REPORTS")
V73, MARSHALL ISLANDS. The JARL
Kyoto Club celebrated the 50th anniversary of its foundation
recently, and in celebration, they have decided to go on a
DXpedition/vacation to V7 in August. Look for them to be active
from August 6-14th, from Majuro Island (OC-029). Look for the
following operators with callsigns to be active: JA3ART/V73AR,
JA3MM/V73MM, JH3QNH/V73NH and JA3YAQ/V73YAQ. Activity will be on
160-10 meters (including the WARC bands) with operations on CW,
SSB, RTTY, and 29 MHz FM. QSL via JA3OIN (CBA).
VK9W, WILLIS ISLAND. Rick,
VK4LW, reports the ODXG will be operating a mailing list for
their up and coming Willis Island VK9W(?) Dxpedition. Information
on how to subscribe to the mail list can be found on their WEB
page at: http://www.keylink.com.au/odxg. The ODXG
pages have been updated with lots on new stuff.
VR97 & VS97, HONG KONG. Most
DXers (if not all) know by now that Hong Kong will become a
Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
after the transfer of sovereignty from UK to PRC on July 1, 1997.
Charlie, VS6XMT, states, "To commemorate the change over,
special event stations VS97SAR (June 28-30th) and VR97SAR (July
1-2nd) will be active on the bands. Rumors say that Hong Kong
DXCC status will change to a delete country!?? Perhaps this will
be the last chance!?? QSL to VR2XRW: Mr. Logan Chan, PO Box
80312, Cheung Sha Wan Post Office, Kowloon, Hong Kong".
VY, CANADA. Be looking for
Bruce, N6NT, to be active from the Yukon and signing VY1RAC for
the Canada Day Contest July 1st. Operations will be on 160-10
meters from VY1JA's QTH.
ZF, CAYMAN ISLAND. A group of
South Florida DXers will operate from Little Cayman Island
(NA-016, CQ-08, ITU-11, Grid-EK99), July 10-15th. The four
Southfloridians will operate during the IARU HF Championship
signing ZF2DN/ZF8, and the CQ VHF contest signing ZF2PU/ZF8.
Before and after the contests, they will sign indivudual calls as
listed below. The operators are: David - ZF2DN/ZF8 (QSL via
KP4AM); Bob - ZF2DE/ZF8 (QSL via N4BP); Bruce - ZF2PU/ZF8 (QSL
via W4OVU); and Julio - ZF2JS/ZF8 (QSL via WD4JNS). The group
plans to operate all bands and modes, 160-6 meters, CW, Phone,
RTTY and QRP.
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