The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 312
BID: $OPDX.312 July 7, 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, N1DG, W1HIJ, N2OO, W2GD, WB2YQH and WB2RAJ from The
59(9) DXReport, NH6YK, K8PYD, K8XP, W0YG, DL8OBC, EA3CB, F6AJA,
G4BUE & DX News Sheet, GM4SUC, HL1CG, HL1SSG, IK0AZG, IV3HYD,
LA2IJ, RA3SL, SM3CVM, VE9AA and VK3EW for the following DX
information.
3D2, FIJI. Ron, ZL1AMO, may be
active once again July 6-8th as 3D2RW while on his way to Tarawa
(T30) and possibly Banaba (T33). QSL via CBA.
4J, AZERBAIJAN (Attention YL Hunters!). The
"DX News Sheet" reports that Oksana, 4J8YL, a YL
operator, is active most days at 1400z on 20m (often 14198kHz)
SSB.
5A, LIBYA. A group of four
German operators will be on the air from the club station 5A1A in
Tripolis, Libya. This operation will begin on approx. November
24, 1997, and last until December 4, 1997. During their stay,
they plan to be a serious entry in the CQWW DX Contest as M/S
category. Activity will be on all HF bands, including 160m and
WARC bands (propagation permitting), with operations on CW, SSB,
and, for the first time from Libya for many years, RTTY. The
Germans will have two stations with amplifiers on the air
simultaneously as often as possible. The operators will be:
Andy/DJ7IK, Dieter/DL3KDV, Felix/DL8OBC and Thomas/ DL1GGT. There
will be a special WEB site set up for more details on this
DXpedition (plus logs will be updated daily when operation is
active). The WEB site is: http://www.afthd.th-darmstadt.de/5a1a/
The QSL manager (for this operation only!) will be DL3KDV. Please
send your QSLs via the bureau to DL3KDV or directly to: Dieter
Voss, DL3KDV, Friedrichsthal 21, D-51688 Wipperfuerth, Germany.
9M0, LAYANG-LAYANG ISLAND (Spratly
Islands). Bob, N2OO, reports that he and Bob, N0RN, will
take a side trip and break from their special event station
activity (read down below) to be active from here August 14-18th.
Operation is expected to be on 30, 20, 17 and 15 meters CW/SSB.
There will be two stations operational using beam antennas
provided by Cushcraft. The license is confirmed, but the callsign
is still being negotiated. The callsign will be announced at a
later date. Upon completion of this operation, they will return
to resume activity of their special event station 9M6HIL in East
Malaysia.
A6, U.A.E. Don, N1DG, reports
another new ham is on the bands from, this time, the Emirate of
Sharjah. Abdullah, A61AQ, has some temporary equipment up and Don
will be shipping him a monobander for 20 meters along with a
linear amp. Abdullah already has antennas up for 15 and 10
meters. Don also states he will be Abullah's QSL Manager. Don can
also provide cards for A61AD, A61AO and A61AQ, while his son
handles cards for A61AF. Since July of last year, Don's address
is: Don Greenbaum, 27 Pill Hill Lane, Duxbury, MA 02332 (Note:
Next month Don's mail stops getting forwarded from his old
address.) For those still needing A6, Don has as a daily schedule
on 14240 kHz (+/- QRM) at 0000-0100z.
CY9AA ON QRT FROM ST. PAUL ISLAND. VE1PZ,
K7BV and VE9AA arrived back in Pictou, NS, around 3:09 A.M. local
time Friday. They started tearing down the stations at 6 A.M.
Thursday, and the final thing to be dismantled was the 6 meters
station. They made approx. 12,000 QSOs on 6m-160m, with around
275 on 6 meters (Best DX was CT3FT, W7RV and N5JHV). Remember,
the callbook address for QSLs is not correct for VE9AA. The
correct address is: Michael Smith, 271 Smith Rd, Waterville,
Sunbury Co, NB, E2V 3V6, Canada
CY0, SABLE ISLAND. Jarek, VA3NCD
(also SP8NCD), informs OPDX that he has just received
authorization to land on Sable Island and was given a special
callsign to use. He can use the callsign CY0NCD, during the
period of August 9-22th. Jarek will be visiting the island
between August 15 and August 17th. He will be equipped with an
ICOM 751a and some simple antennas. The primary purpose for his
visit is not radio, but just to explore the place (he has been
thinking of doing this for a long time). He is actually taking
more cameras and film with him than radio related things.
Operations will be on 80/40/20/15 meters bands, mostly CW, at the
bottom of the bands (7 kHz +/- QRM). He will take a microphone
with him but doesn't plan to use it too much.
EI4, IRELAND (Rare county to be
activated!). Leo, K8PYD, will arrive in Ireland on July
7 and will leave on the 20th. During that time, he will operate
as EI4VUJ. Most of his operations will take place during the
weekend of the 12th and 13th from the County of Leitrim, one of
the rarest counties in Ireland. He will operate SSB, RTTY, and
mostly CW. Check 14030 kHz. All QSLs go to K8PYD direct or
bureau.
EU930, BELARUS. Igor, EU1EU,
will be active until July 30th as EU930EU from Minsk. Activity
will be on 160-2 meters with operations on CW, SSB, FM and RTTY.
QSL via LY1BA (Box 67, Vilnius 2000, Lithuania) or QSL via EU1EU
(ex USSR-HAM's).
FG, GUADELOUPE. Juanjo, EA3CB,
will be active as FG/EA3CB August 8-14th, from Guadeloupe
(NA-102) and August 15-17th, from Les Saintes (NA-114). Activity
will be on 40-10 meters (including the WARC bands) with
operations on CW and SSB (posible RTTY). QSL via the BUREAU.
HP, PANAMA (6 meters!). Gerard,
F2JD/HP1XBI, is now active on 6 meters, and he will stay in
Panama until October.
JU, MONGOLIA. Hyungsuk Song,
HL1CG, has announced the following in a press release: "A
group of Korean, Mongolian, and U.S. amateurs will be on the air
at Danlanzadgad (Gobi Desert) in Mongolia from July 10-13th
(Naadan Holidays in Mongolia). The DXpedition to Gobi Desert,
Mongolia will be conducted by Korean DX Club (KDXC) and sponsored
by The Korean Amateur Radio League (KARL), which is the IARU
affiliated National League of Korea. Members of this joint
DXpedition to Gobi Desert are Korean radio amateurs (HL1CG,
HL1DK, HL1FB, HL1IE, HL1IFM, etc), Mongolian hams (JT1CD, JT1FBB,
etc), and W6EE. The callsign JU4HL was issued for this operation,
and CW & SSB will be operated on all HF bands including WARC
bands. JU4HL plans to participate in IARU HF World Championship
though it is not the purpose of this DXpedition. QSL cards must
be sent direct or via bureau to 'Mr. Hyungsuk Song, HL1CG, Kaehwa
APT #107-305, Banghwa-3-dong, Kangso-ku, Seoul 157-223, Korea'.
Special photo QSL cards will be sent to all the stations who
request their QSL cards. If it is okay to receive QSL card via
bureau, you can send QSL card request via InterNet E-mail to 'hl1cg@stella.skku.ac.kr',
in the body of which you must include your callsign and QSO data
(Date and Time in UTC, Band, Mode, Report), 1 QSO a line."
KH4, MIDWAY ISLAND. Ted, NH6YK,
reports there is now a 99.9% chance he will be on Midway from
July 6 to August 20th or so. He will be working, but in between
work and other fun things (like watching birds, snorkelling, star
watching), he will be on the radio as NH4/NH6YK. His current
plans for operations are: 28480 kHz (or so on 10M), 50.110 MHz
slow CW for 6 meters, occasional 28.105 packet and possible U.S.
novice band CW. There exists a slight chance of other bands
(because he needs a few European contacts to finish his WAC from
KH4). QSL via home call or bureau.
NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE WEEKEND AND
LIGHTHOUSE/LIGHTSHIP ACTIVITY WEEKEND. Over the past
years, there seems to be growing interest by DXers to work
lighthouses all over the world. Well, here is your chance to work
a bunch of them. During the weekend August 23 and 24th, there
will be two events taking place associated with lighthouses and
lightships. The first event is The Northern Lighthouse Weekend
when ten Scottish amateur radio stations will be established at
lighthouses around Scotland. Running concurrent with The Northern
Lighthouse Weekend is the Lighthouse/ Lightship Activity Weekend
when amateur radio stations will be established at
lighthouses/lightships around the world. ADDED NOTE: Complete
details of these events and information on the
lighthouses/lightships will be provided to all OPDX InterNet
Subscribers as an additional bulletin.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
Hamad, 9K2HN, states that all 9K outgoing bureau cards
have been sent out recently. Those who have been waiting
for bureau cards from Kuwait should have their cards in
hand soon. This includes more than 1000 QSL cards from
Hamad to DL's hams for the years 94,95 and 96.
QSLs for HS0/SM3DYU is via SM3CVM, bureau or CBA. QSL
cards are printed, and some have already been
distributed. QSL for HS0/SM3CVM (operation Nov 25-26
1995) is via SM3CVM bureau or CBA.
Nicola, IV3HYD, reports he is the QSL Manger for the
special callsign of IR3A. QSL via bureau or via direct
to: Nicola Corvino, P.O.Box 12, 33034 Fagagna, Udine,
Italy.
Deal, BA4TB, reports the following addresse can be used
for BG4TBD, BD4TB and BA4TB: 9A2AJ, P.P., 34551 LIPIK,
CROATIA. Also for BA4TB the following address can be
used: F/HH2HM, P.O. Box 104, 22650 PLOUBALAY, FRANCE
Jack, F6BUM, states he has answered all direct QSLs for
the 6W2/F6BUM activity from Karabane Island.
OX, GREENLAND. Jorgen, OZ8AE,
will be active from here July 11-23rd. He plans to sign OX/OZ8AE
from Groennedal. Operations will be QRP on CW. Suggested
frequencies are: 7019, 10115, 14041, 18086 and 21041 kHz. QSL to
CBA.
P40, ARUBA. John, W2GD, will
operate P40W during the IARU Radiosport, CW ONLY, Single/Op, all
band and high power entry. Activity will be July 9 through July
13, 1997. QSL only via N2MM.
SPECIAL EVENTS...
Special event station IR0MFP and several other stations
qualified for the "Diploma of Millennium" will
be active July 14-15th.
Bob, N2OO, the Special Event callsign 9M6HIL will be used
from August 5-24th from the Hillview Gardens Resort in
Keningau, Sabah, East Malaysia, to celebrate the resort's
opening (Refer to OPDX.310). Operators will be
Bob/N2OO/9M6OO, Bob/N0RN, Alan/VS6KY/ZL1TX, and a number
of local 9M6's. Although it is getting late, anyone
interested in joining them for this Special DXpedition
can E-mail Bob for further information at: CQPINEY@worldnet.att.net.
Also, please note that the permanent callsign for the
resort will be 9M6A for all subsequent operations. All
QSLs for both 9M6HIL and 9M6A will go via N2OO. Updates
are in progress on the Hillview Gardens web page and can
be found at: http://www.idis.com/alfons/hill.html
TF, ICELAND. Ove, LA2IJ, states
he will be active on RTTY as TF/LA2IJ from July 21-27th. His main
operating frequency will be 14083 kHz. Also, he will possibly be
on 21083 and 7037. There will be some SSB operations on 14177
(and maybe 21277 and 7077). QSL via LA2IJ direct to CBA or via
the bureau.
THE DELTA DX ASSOCIATION in New
Orleans voted in June the following new officers: President - Don
Boudreau, W5FKX; Vice President - Bruce Stevenson, K5HAA;
Secretary - Shelby Smith, W5SNU; and Treasurer - Stan Pulitzer,
W5JYK.
TK, CORSICA. "The 59(9)
DXReport" states that IK0XBX will be active from here as
TK/IK0XBX/P from July 12 to July 26 or 28. QSL via homecall.
V5, NAMIBIA. Charlie, W0YG
(ex-KY0A) reports to OPDX that he plans to be active from V5
again in a month as ZS6TG. However, there is so much confusion
over bureau cards from his last operation (in receiving cards
from the ZS and W0 bureaus), that Charlie states he does not want
any bureau cards from this operation. He now only wants cards
sent direct to W0YG at: 6746 North Yucca Trail, Parker, CO 80138.
Charlie will be mobile with 500 watts and plans to be active
again on 160/80 meters. He may also be active from A2, Z2 and
other places.
VK3 AUSTRALIAN QSL BUREAU HAS A CHANGE OF
ADDRESS. Barry, VK3XV, Chief Executive Officer of WIA
Victorian Division, reports the mailing address for all cards for
VK3 WIA members and others has changed. All cards from overseas
countries should be addressed as follows: WIA VICTORIA, INWARDS
QSL BUREAU, 40G VICTORY BOULEVARD, ASHBURTON. VIC. 3147. Cards
addressed to the current address of "BOX 757G GPO
MELBOURNE" will continue to be collected and distributed
until December 31, 1997, to enable the changeover. QSL Managers
should note that this is the IARU endorsed bureau for all VK3
cards. Bureaus in all overseas countries will be notified of the
change by direct mail.
VP5, TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS.
Look for Carlo, I4ALU, to be active from here August 12-24th, as
VP5/I4ALU. Operations will be on all bands, but CW only. QSL via
homecall.
VR6, PITCAIRN ISLAND. "The
59(9) DXReport" states that Betty, VR6YL, is active on 14176
kHz at 0300z.
ZK1, NORTH COOK ISLANDS (DXpedition
Update. Tom, K8XP, provided the following update: "Several
members of the Dateline DX Association met in Charlotte, NC, to
assemble and test equipment in mid June. All eqiupment was packed
and shipped to Oakland, CA, where it was to be loaded on a vessel
departing June 30th bound for Rarotonga, South Cook. Licensing
and other arrangements are completed and N1DG is finalizing the
Web site. On-line log checking will be tested in the near future
for implementation during the operation. N4RF, N7RO, WA4YBV,
N6MZ, ZS8IR, KI6AN and K8XP will meet at LAX on September 17th
for departure to Rarotonga with arrival on the Island of Penrhyn
in the North Cook Group on the morning of September 20th.
Operation with the call ZK1XXP will last 7 days with 3 or more
stations on 3 modes. Primary goals are low bands, Europe and East
Coast North America. QSL information to be announced. Any
questions or information can be forwarded to K8XP at "K4TSJ@juno.com"."
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