The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 333
BID: $OPDX.332 December 1, 1997
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF-80 BBS Cleveland, Ohio
Online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1 (New Area Code!)
Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio
Society, Northern Ohio DX Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster
Network, K2BF, N2NL, NY2U, WB2RAJ/WB2YQH & The 59(9)
DXReport, W3UR & The Daily DX, K4JRB, N5OGP, W5IJU &
Island/DX News, KD6BYI, K7WX, DL2CC, F6AJA & LNDX, G4BUE
& DX News Sheet, G4FRE and LU1DZ for the following DX
information.
10-10 NET. With 10 meters
becoming very active, check out the Channel Islands Chapter's
"10X International Net" every Wednesday at 1800-2000z
and again at 0200-0400z. Non-members are welcome. For more
information, send E-mail to: rcnoll@ix.netcom.com
5X, UGANDA. Frank, DL2CC, will
be active until December 3rd with the callsign 5X1M. His activity
will be mainly on CW and the low bands, but also RTTY and SSB.
QSL via ON5NT.
8Q, MALDIVES. (Excerpts from a
press release. OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive an
additional bulletin with the complete news release). The Central
Arizona DX Association has announced an upcoming DXpedition to
the Republic of the Maldives (8Q7, Zone 22, Indian Ocean). The
team leaves Los Angeles for Taipei on January 16th, and will
arrive in the capital city of Male by January 18th, after a brief
stopover in in Singapore. Their plans are to be active beginning
January 19th, with 24 hour operating on most bands through
January 28th. They will be using the callsign 8Q7AA. Members of
the 8Q7AA DXpedition team will be:
For SSB: Nilda/NP3BY, Oscar/KP4RF, Sally/KM5EP, Rich/K7ZV
and Dan/NA7DB
For CW: Bruce/N6NT, Darryl/AF7O, Warren/K7WX, Steve/N7TX
and Stephen/NN7X
For RTTY: Bruce/N6NT will also run HF RTTY as operating
time permits.
There will be four stations running Yaesu FT-1000MP
transceivers, Alpha amplifiers and Force 12 antennas from 160
through 10-meters, including all WARC bands. A concentrated
effort will be made on the low bands with adequate power and
antennas. N6NT, K7WX, K7ZV and NN7X will focus on 40, 80 and
160-meters, with special attention being given to openings for
North America. The 8Q7AA operation will be active during the CQWW
160 meter CW DX Contest. This contest begins at 2200 GMT on
January 23 and ends on January 25th. 8Q7AA will be a high power
multi-operator entry in this contest. QSL requests can go to N7TX
either direct, bureau or E-mail routes. Direct QSLs to: Steve
Thompson, N7TX, 119 E. Jasmine St., Mesa, AZ 85201-1811 USA
(Please enclose an airmail SASE with adequate postage.) Bureau
QSLs: Cards should be clearly marked 8Q7AA via N7TX. Internet:
Bureau QSLs can be requested by sending E-mail to the following
address: n7tx@cadxa.org --
More complete details are available at their WWW home page: http://www.cadxa.org/8q7aa
9K, KUWAIT. The "DXNS"
report Bob, 9K2ZZ, is once again active. He will be there until
December, 1998. A log server is available at the following WEB
site: http://194.54.253.223/
QSL via W8CNL, direct only.
ATTENTION RTTY CONTESTERS! William
"Mr. Bill" Eddy, NY2U, President of TARA and Contest
Manager, has informed OPDX that QST has published the wrong dates
for the "TARA RTTY Sprint". Mr. Bill states the Troy
Amateur Radio Association (TARA) has, for the last six years,
sponsored the "Annual TARA RTTY SPRINT" which is
normally held on the second weekend of December. However, this
year the contest was moved to the first weekend of December (6th
and 7th) to avoid any conflict with the ARRL's 10 Meter Contest.
The trouble they have now is that the ARRL has put their OLD
contest weekend date (December 13rd and 14th) in their November
issue of QST, on page 94! Mr. Bill states, "I would feel
really terrible if somebody missed our contest due to this
error." He has also supplied OPDX with the complete set of
"Official Rules and Regulations" for the contest. OPDX
InterNet Subscribers will receive this as an additional bulletin.
ATTENTION 160M CONTESTERS! It
has been reported that the December issue of the CQ Contest
Column has the wrong mode listed for the January contest dates.
January is CW not SSB. The SSB dates are February 27th to March
1st (2200Z to 1600Z). The conetst was moved back one week to
avoid the ARRL CW DX Contest.
A4, OMAN. After their stay and
activity from Ali's (A61AJ) QTH, look for David/K3LP and
Rich/KE3Q to be active as A43/K3LP and A43/KE3Q. They will stay
in Muscat from December 2-5th. QSL via W3UR (ex WR3E).
GD, ISLE OF MAN. Look for Steve
this week (if you do not work him during the contest this past
weekend) as GD4UOL. His activity will last until December 6th
with operations on CW. QSL via GD Bureau.
IOTA NUMBERS PLEASE! Some
indivduals were asking what the IOTA numbers were for Deception
Island (LU1ZC) and Staten Island (L20XSI) mentioned in last
week's bulletin (OPDX.332). Staten Island is IOTA SA-049 and
Deception Island is IOTA AN-010.
J8, ST. VINCENT. "The Daily
DX" reports that Volkmar, DF2SS, will operate from this
Caribean Island from December 20th to January 9th. He will be
signing J8/DF2SS. He plans to be active on RTTY and CW. QSL via
DL2MDZ.
KH2, GUAM. Dave, N2NL, reports
he is being transferred (he is with the U.S. Coast Guard) to Guam
in January. He will be there for at least 2 years. Dave has
indicated he will be active as N2NL/KH2 sometime in the spring
(once all his equipment has arrived on the island). He will
operate mostly CW and will be active on most bands and in
contests. His operating time will be somewhat limited due to the
nature of his job (he is stationed on a patrol boat but plans to
be quite active when he can). He also mentions his tentative
plans to put KH2 and KH0 on 160 meters during the winter season
of 1998 and 1999 (especially to help Europe and the US with these
two countries on topband). His tentative QSL information is via
either W2YC or CBA.
MU, GUERNSEY. If you were lucky
to work Jay, K4LZE, as MW0BKA from Wales, you may be just as
lucky to catch him as MU0BKA from Guernsey between December
4-9th. His activity will be mainly CW 160-10 meters, 7 kHz up
from bottom of the band edge. There will be some SSB. QSL via
home call.
NEW PROPAGATION SERVICE AVAILABLE FOR
AMATEURS! Announced this week was the availability of a
new radio propagation service known as "CAROS", or the
Coordinated Amateur Radio Observation System. This service can be
found on the World-Wide-Web at: http://solar.uleth.ca/solar/www/caros.html
CAROS is based on the principle of amateurs contributing radio
propagation information for others to use. They have been
planning to implement such a service primarily to test whether
amateurs can supply sufficient information to make such a global
service useful. Its success or failure will be directly dependent
upon those who use it and find it useful. The complete
announcement and details will be available to all OPDX InterNet
Subscribers as an additional bulletin.
OFFICERS ELECETED...
By acclamation, the North Jersey DX Association has
re-elected its incumbent officers to serve for another
year: President - Ben Friedland, K2BF; Vice President -
John Sawina, NA2R; Treasurer - Gene Ingraham, N2BIM and
Secretary Bill Hudzuk, W2UDT
The Oklahoma DX Association has elected the following
officers for their 1997-98 Associational year: President
- Bruce Burnette, K5PX; Vice President - Craig Boyer,
AH9B; Vice President - Dave Land, KD5FX and
Secretary/Treasurer - Mark Byard, N5OGP. The following
Directors have been appointed: Northwest - Lu Fisher,
K5YP; Southwest - Troy Warren, K5OH; Central - Coy Day,
N5OK; Southeast - Lee Ward, W5UDA and Northeast - Jerry
Chouinard, K5YAA.
P4, ARUBA. The 59(9) DXReport
states Martin, VE3MR, will be here as P40MR until late April. He
operates SSB. QSL via VE3MR.
QSL INFO FOR THE CQWW CW DX CONTEST. If
you are looking for help to locate QSL help on the stations you
worked this past weekend during the contest, check out the
following WEB sites. These sites are updated almost daily:
Dennis, K7BV, keeps a list of the DXpeditions that were
to be active in the contest on the NCJ WEB site at: http://waterw.com/~ncj
SPECIAL EVENT. The French DX
Bulletin reports that F5HWB will be using the special callsign
TM0UN from November 29th to December 4th for "World Day for
Disable Persons". QSL via F5HWB.
SPECIAL EVENT. Members from the
Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society (NOARS) will be active on the
U.S.S Cod Submarine, located on the shores of Lake Erie in
Cleveland, Ohio, December 7th, which is Pearl Harbor Day. They
will be using the callsign K8KRG. There will be network news
coverage at the submarine as well as "Ham Radio"
operations on the General parts of the bands, mainly 40 and 80
meters. A new color QSL card can be obtained.
SPECIAL EVENT. Joel, WU1F,
announces he will be active as K1K from December 23-30th to
celebrate the eight nights of Hanukkah ("The Festival of
Lights"). QSL via WU1F (direct or bureau).
VK, AUSTRALIA (and the Fiji Islands).
Dave, G4FRE, and Meg, G7FRE, are currently operating from here on
80-6 meter as VK2IDR and VK2TNL respectively until December 15th.
They will be in Fiji, December 16-20th on their way back to the
USA. They are currently awaiting the licencing paperwork to
operate from there. There is a good possibility the itinerary
will be repeated after Christmas. QSLs via G3AUA.
IMPORTANT NOTICE! Users of the online BARF-80 BBS
(Home of the OPDX Bulletin) take note, the area code has change
as of August 16th. The new 440 area code will replace the 216
area code. Currently both area codes can be used, but the 216
area code will be permanently replaced in April 1998. BARF-80 BBS
online at 440-237-8208 28.8k-1200 Baud 8/N/1
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