The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 315
BID: $OPDX.315 July 28, 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, KA2D, N2OO, NW3K, W3UR & The Daily DX, WD4JNS, K4PK,
N4MM, K8CH, KF9YL, 9K2HN, DL1FDV, EA5FKI, G4BUE & DX News
Sheet, I4UFH, RW3AH, SM7PKK VE6JY, VU2PAI and ZS5S for the
following DX information.
1997 GULF COAST HAM CONVENTION.
Bob Walworth, N5ET, President of the Texas DX Society, is pleased
to announce that the 1997 Gulf Coast Ham Convention, will be held
at Humble Convention Center (location was not mentioned). Guest
speaker will be Wayne Mills, N7NG, Chairman of the DXAC. Wayne
will do a presentation on his recent Scarborough Reef operation
and also on DX in the year 2000. The dates of the Convention are
October 17, 18, & 19th. For more details on the convention,
contact Bob via E-mail at: walworth@worldnet.att.net
3D2, FIJI. "The Daily
DX" reports well known DXer Ron, ZL1AMO, will once again be
active from here as 3D2RW from August 13-20th. He plans to be
active on 160 meters. On August 21st, he heads to Japan and will
be staying with Zorro, JH1AJT. Ron will return to Fiji on
September 8th. QSL via ZL1AMO.
4F, PHILIPPINES. The "DX
News Sheet" reports that Hans, PA3GKI, a member of the Dutch
DX Group (DDXG), will be active from August 8th to October 8th as
4F2DX. While visiting his family, he will be traveling to
different islands in DU-land, starting with Luzon Island
(OC-042). Activity will be on CW/SSB 80-10 meters. QSL via DDXG
direct only.
5A RUMORED, IS JUST WHAT IT IS! Rafa,
EA5FKI, states the information that he was going to 5A in
September, which was reported by several DX bulletins (including
OPDX), is not true. No other details were given.
5H1, ZANZIBAR ISLAND (Tanzania). Fabio,
I4UFH, will activate AF-032 from July 27th to August 9th. He will
be signing 5H1FS and will be active on 160-10 meters, SSB and
RTTY. He states he will be using his Icom 706 and a vertical R7,
plus a wire for 80m/160m depending on space availability. He will
be looking for the West Coast and JA areas using the normal DX
frequencies. QSL to I4UFH through the bureau or direct from the
callbook address.
9K6POW (SPECIAL EVENT. ATTENTION PREFIX
HUNTERS!). This station will be active in remembrance of
the "Kuwaiti's POWs" during the Iraqi occupation of
Kuwait. The station will be on the air from August 1st 1200z
until August 3rd at 2359z. There is a possibility for RTTY and
satellite (AO-10) operations. PLEASE NOTE that this is the first
time the 9K6 prefix will be on the air, and maybe it will be the
last!! If you are WPX hunter it is your chance to work a new
one!! QSL will be via 9K2RA.
9X, RWANDA. Andy, RW3AH, reports
to OPDX that he may be active again from here as 9X/RW3AH. He
will be here starting August 24th and stay for several months.
AC2P/200 (SPECIAL EVENT). Members
of the Long Island DX Asscocaition will operate from the radio
room of the 200 year old Montauk Point Lighthouse (located in the
rare grid square FN41, NA-026 and USIA NY-03-S) during the
National Lighthouse Weekend celebrating the bicentennial of the
"Lighting of the Light". Activity will be on SSB on the
IOTA frequencies, CW as announced. A special color QSL
certificate will be available. QSL via AC2P CBA, SASE please.
AP50, PAKISTAN. Start looking
for stations in Pakistan to begin using the special prefix AP50
to celebrate their 50th anniversary of independence. There will
be a special certificate available. Listen for details by the
operators.
CH6RCH (SPECIAL EVENT). To
celebrate 100 years of Orthodoxy in Canada and the first visit of
the church leaders to Canada, specifically to Andrew, Alberta,
CH6RCH will be active from the QTH of VE6JY. Activity will be
from July 26th 0000z through July 27th 2359z, operating on as
many bands as possible, conditions permitting. QSL via VE6BEX:
Tom Evans, RR # 1 Andrew Alberta T0B 0C0. A color certificate/QSL
is available for the proper return postage, otherwise regular QSL
cards via the bureau.
DXCC-2000 PROGRAM. During the
ARRL's Board of Directors (BoD) meeting, which was held July
18-19th, in Rocky Hill, CT, John Kanode, N4MM, as DXCC-2000
Chairman, presented the BoD with a written report from the
DXCC-2000 Committee, and a summary of the committee's
recommendations for changes to the DXCC program. The BoD VOTED
that the report of the DXCC 2000 Committee was received. The
Board also finds that the committee is moving in the right
direction. The DXCC-2000 Committee's final report will be
presented at the January, 1998, board meeting. The committee's
current items on their agenda are discussions on the DXCC Field
Representative Program, other specialty DXCC awards, review of
the Accreditation Criteria, use of electronic logs, contest log
credits, and other DXCC related items the committee wishes to
review. At this time, the committee has two major concepts to
present to the board for approval. The first concept addresses
changes to be made to the DXCC Countries List Criteria and the
second concept addresses the DXCC Awards Structure. [From the
Minutes of the ARRL Board meeting.]
KP2, VIRGIN ISLANDS (Also 9M0 and 9M6).
Before his big DXpeditions to Spratly and East Malaysia, Bob,
N2OO, will be in St. Croix with his XYL Beth, KF2BQ, until July
31st. Also part of the KP2 crew is John, N2LD (ex WB2HPU).
Everyone will be signing KP2/callsign after their activity in the
IOTA Contest (this past weekend). They plan to have two stations
active on CW/SSB on 160-10 meters. JUST A QUICK REMINDER AND
UPDATE: Bob/N2OO, Bob/N0RN and others will be using the special
callsign 9M6HIL to celebrate the grand opening of the Hillview
Gardens Resort (August 5-24th). Activity will be on 40-10
including WARC bands, CW/SSB and RTTY! During their stay (between
August 14-18th), N2OO and N0RN will be going to Layang-Layang
Island (Spratly) for a sidetrip. They will have 2 rigs and 2
beams and an antenna for 40 meters. They will also operate CW,
SSB and RTTY. The call is still not set. It will either be 9M0OO
or 9M6OO. They will return to Kota Kinabalu on August 18th and
will take a 2 day break at Mt. Kinabalu. Bob, N0RN, leaves August
20th and then Alan, VR2KY/ZL1TX, arrives that same evening where
they move back to Keningau to wrap up from 9M6HIL operation until
August 24th. The permanent callsign for the Hillview Gardens
station after the grand opening celebration is over (October??)
will be 9M6AAC. QSL all KP2/callsigns via home calls. QSL 9M6HIL,
9M6AAC and 9M?OO via N2OO.
QSL INFO AND NEWS...
The group from South Florida, who operated from the
Little Cayman Island, July 10-15th, and particapated in
the IARU HF World Championship Contest, wants to remind
everyone to QSL to the following operators: QSL ZF2DN/ZF8
via KP4AM, ZF2DE/ZF8 via N4BP, ZF2PU/ZF8 via W4OVU, and
ZF2JS/ZF8 via WD4JNS.
Didier, FK/F5PXQ, has included the following note in his
QSLs that he wanted passed along to other hams:
"Dear OM, Please note that $1 is equivalent to 100
XPF and stamping for North America, South America, Asia
cost 130 XPF. Perhaps can you tell this to your friends
and write this in the magazines to inform others OM's of
your country."
A reminder from Mats, SM7PKK, currently active as 5X1Z,
states that about 70% of individuals continue to QSL to
his old address from the CallBook. This address is wrong
and he has not lived at this QTH for more than 6 years.
Some mail has gotten lost there. PLEASE QSL ONLY to: Mats
Persson, Zenithgatan 24 #5, SE-212 14 Malmoe, Sweden.
Jim Wise, W4PRO, reports that he is not the QSL Manager
for SV5TS. Anyone who works SV5TS should QSL via CBA.
5K3W via HK3SGP, Francisco "SISO" Hennessey,
P.O.Box 170030, Bogota D.C., Colombia S.A. (E-MAIL: hk3sgp@impsat.net)
T9, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA. Mario,
DL1FDV, will be active from August 24th to September 4th. He will
try to be active on all HF bands in CW and SSB. He will be
signing T94DX. QSL via DL1FDV, direct or via the bureau. His
address in the callbook is wrong! The correct address is: Mario
Lovric, Hagebuttenweg 4, 61231 Bad Nauheim, GERMANY.
V4, ST. KITTS. Joe, VE3BW, will
be active again from here as V47CA for two weeks from November
16th until December 1st. He will be an entry in the CQWW CW
Contest. Before and after the contest he will be active on the
WARC bands. Also, if propagation allows, he will be on 6 meters
with a vertical and a 100 watts. QSL to VE3BW.
VU2PAI/50 (SPECIAL EVENT). Pai,
VU2PAI, will be active using this callsign until September 31st
to commemorate the 50 years of India's independence. QSL direct
via Box 730, Mangalore 575003, INDIA. Pai states he is an avid
stamp collector, and any (new/old) stamps are welcome to his
collection.
W4, SUNSET BEACH ISLAND (NA-112).
Don, K4PK, will be activating this IOTA in the North Carolina
State West Group from August 2-15th. He plans to be active on the
IOTA SSB frequencies on 40, 20, and 15 meters as conditions
permit. He will be running his new rig (IC-706) thru a Ten Tec
tuner connected to a dipole cut for 80 meters. QSL to: 705 Lenoir
Ln, Hardy, VA 24101.
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