The Ohio/Penn Dx PacketCluster
DX Bulletin No. 339 BID: $OPDX.338 January 12, 1998 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, WA4FFW, KP3L, K4VUD, N6RT, KI6WF, KN6DV, K7WX, W8AV,
W8CNL, KG9N, HB9LEY, OH2BVE, PB0ALB and PA3AWW for the following
DX information.
8Q7AA, MALDIVES (Update). From
an updated press release provided by Warren Hill, K7WX: The
upcoming 8Q7AA DXpedition to the Republic of the Maldives by
members of the Central Arizona DX Association (8Q7, Zone 22)
remains on course. The team leaves from Los Angeles on January
15th, and will be active from the Indian Ocean beginning January
18th or 19th, with 24 hour operating on most bands through
January 28th. They will be located on Alimatha Island in the
Felidu Atoll, latitude: 03 degrees 35' N and longitude: 73
degrees 30' E. This location is also designated as IOTA AS-013.
Members of the 8Q7AA DXpedition team will be as follows:
CW Team - Bruce/N6NT, Darryl/AF7O, Warren/K7WX and
Steve/N7TX
SSB Team - Oscar/KP4RF, Sally/KM5EP, Rich/K7ZV,
Victoria/KC7TIW, Dan/NA7DB and Paul/W8AEF
Bruce Sawyer, N6NT, will also run HF RTTY as operating time
permits. Ibrahim Ahmed, 8Q7QC, will help with HF SSB and provide
local assistance. There will be four stations running Yaesu
FT-1000MP transceivers and Alpha amplifiers on 160 through
10-meters, including all WARC bands. Many of this team were also
members of the 1996 XZ1N Myanmar operation. A concentrated effort
will be made on the low bands with adequate power and antennas.
Several in the group will focus on 40, 80 and 160-meters, with
special attention being given to both sunrise and sunset
terminator openings at North America. It is understood that 8Q7
is not all that rare for European stations, but for North
America, and especially on the low bands, this is a very
difficult path. For this reason, many of their efforts will be
directed towards working into zones 3, 4 and 5, where the need
for zone 22 is still quite strong. QSLs requests for confirmation
of contacts with 8Q7AA can be made by either direct, QSL bureau
or E-mail routes. Cards should begin to go out within two to four
weeks of their return. Direct QSLs go to: Steve Thompson, N7TX,
119 E. Jasmine St., Mesa, AZ 85201-1811 USA (Please enclose an
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: 8q7aa@cadxa.org
(The SUBJECT line should read "8Q7AA QSL REQUEST",
followed by the appropriate information in the body of the
message.) More complete details are available at their WWW home
page: http://www.cadxa.org/8q7aa/
ADDED NOTE: OPDX InterNet Subscribers will receive the complete
(long) press release by Warren, K7WX, as an additional bulletin.
9G, GHANA. Three Dutch opertors
(PA3AWW, PA3DEW and PA3FQX) will once again activate 9G1AA,
February 4-25th. Operations will be from Dormaa Hospital in
Ghana. Operations will be on CW and Phone, with activity on all
HF-bands, including 50 MHz. They will have a 6 meters beacon on
the frequency 50.123 MHz. They will also train some local
amateurs in using the Yaesu FT 920, donated by the
STARS-organization, IARU region 1. The QSL Manager will be
PA2FAS.
9K, KUWAIT. Bob, 9K2ZZ, is once
again active from Kuwait. His stay this time will be about 1
year. It is reported that, at the moment, Bob has only a 40 meter
dipole, but it is very high atop an apartment building. He will
be installing a TH6DXX soon. Currently he is running a TS-930
with an AL-800H amp. His QSL Manager is trying to work out a
"Battle Creek Special" on loan for 160 meters. Bob will
work the WARC bands in the future and is active on CW and SSB and
maybe RTTY later in year. He can be found on 40 meters CW most
days between 1900 and 0200z between 7003 and 7005 kHz. Per his
QSL Manager Ray, W8CNL, "At his (Bob) instructions, no
bureau cards will be accepted or answered. Only S.A.S.E. or
S.A.E. and postage to me direct."
9N, NEPAL. Charles, K4VUD, will
be traveling here February 19th, and states he will be active as
9N1UD. He will return to the USA on March 8th. He plans to be
active in two contests during the two weekends after the 19th
(ed. probably the ARRL International CW DX Contest and CQ 160
Meters Phone Contest). Also, he is looking for any donations
(prior to February 15th) of equipment/gear for 9N1AA. Charles's
E-mail address is "harpole@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu",
and his snail mail is: Charles Harpole, 3100 N. Hwy. 426, Geneva,
FL 32732-9761. ADDED NOTE: While Charles is in Nepal, he will
make a side trip (with NO radios) to Bhutan (A5) between the
above dates.
HB0, LIECHTENSTEIN. Joe, HB9LEY,
will be active from here as HB0/HB9LEY next weekend. He states
that he will look for North America stations between 0430 and
0630Z, and for JA and Pacific stations between 2030 and 2230Z
(January 17th and 18th) on 1830 khz. QSL to JH1BSE, Masa Yamamura
2-10-6 Arai, Nakanoku Tokyo 165 Japan.
NEW OFFICIALS. The SCDXC
(Southern California DX Club) has announced their newly elected
board: President - Will Angenent, KN6DV; Vice President - Harvey
Laidman, W8DX; Secretary - Jim Zimmerman, N6KZ; Treasurer -
Charlotte Iseda, KB6FXS; Membership - Harvey Shore, K6EXO; Board
members - Neil Kaltman, K6SMF; Cathy Gardenias, KF6LFB; and Larry
Shapiro, K6RO.
OOOPPPSSS! There was a mistake
in last week's bulletin (OPDX.338). The operator and QSL Manager
mentioned under 9M8 (East Malaysia) was incorrect. Operator/QSL
Manager should have been Peter, PB0ALB, and not PA0ALB. Please
make the necessary changes.
QSL INFO AND NEWS....
Chuck, KG9N, operated the special event station N9N in
Woodford County, Illinois, from December 28th to January
4th. He states that he made about 1800 QSOs, mainly with
Europe. QSL via KG9N.
Doug, N6RT, reports he finally received the following QSL
cards from the printer:
FO8DX/FO5VO/FO0BRD/FO0KEO/FO0MIT/FO0PLA/FO0SPE. Doug
states these cards are for their October, 1997, operation
from Bora Bora. Doug has indicated that he has already
started sending out his FO0BRD cards, and will be giving
the other operators their cards within the next couple of
days. So, their FO QSLs should start appearing shortly.
Also, he states, "Thanks for your patience!"
QSL cards for FO contacts go to:
FO8DX via KG6AR (1997 CQWW SSB ONLY) FO5VO via
N6VO
FO0BRD via N6RT FO0KEO via N7CQQ
FO0MIT via W6RW FO0PLA via W8AEF
FO0SPE via KG6AR
ROUTE CHANGE. The KP3Z QSL route has been changed, and it
will no longer be via WC4E but via NP3HM. Please QSL KP3Z
via NP3HM direct. Also, WC4E will only handle QSLs for
NP4Z.
Steve Salmon, AA6LF, has a new QSL manager. Gerry
Branson, AA6BB, was Steve's QSL manager until he became a
Silent Key (SK). Steve's new QSL manager is: Ron Lago -
AC7DX, P.O. Box 25426, Eugene, OR 97402 U.S.A. Ron has
all of the logs and cards for the following operations by
Steve: AA6LF, FO0SST, ZK1XP, AA6LF/KH5 Palmyra,
XE2/AA6LF/XF1 Isla Marieta, ZK1ALF, FW/AA6LF, A35SS
Minerva Reef, 3D2LF, VK4ALF Great Barrier Reef,
VK4ALF/VK9M Mellish Reef and VK4ALF/VK9 Ashmore Reef.
Mac, WA4FFW, reports that ALL cards received for the
N4BQW/KH5 Palmyra operation have been mailed. Notice
"ALL", this includes all cards received to date
via any means. They were placed in the mail January 10th.
This also included ALL QSLs for Chuck's other operations:
N4BQW/KH6 Tern Island, N4BQW/KH7K Kure Island, N4BQW/KH4
Midway and N4BQW/KH5. Mac states, "Thanks to another
Herculean effort by WJ4T, who did most of the work, and
made this quick turn around possible."
TG0, GUATEMALA (Update). Jari,
OH2BVE, provided OPDX with the following update to the Finnish
operation to TG-land which will take place January 18th to
February 5th. The Finnish team is hoping to used the callsign
TG0OH, but this has yet to be comfirmed. Operators will be
Toni/OH1TD, Heikki/OH3JF, Hessu/OH6XY and Raija/OH7LIX. Jari
states, "Contrary to some bulletins indicating OH2NSM will
be in the group, this is not true. Oliver, OH2NSM is busy
building up new house/QTH for himself and his family. Therefore
he cannot attend this expedition." QSL via the bureau or
direct, but Jari indicates that the following addresses should be
used to QSL. For RTTY QSOs, QSL via OH6XY, Carl-Heinz Ikaheimo,
Meijeritie 2 AS 28, FIN-21530 Paimio, Finland (NOTE: The address
in Callbook for OH6XY is old and should not be used!) For CW/SSB
QSOs, QSL via OH3JF, Heikki Tamminen, Eprantie 4, FIN-11710
Riihimaki, Finland.
VP5, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS (A special
callsign to be used). Look for the Caribbean Contesting
Consortium (CCC) to activate the Turks and Caicos Islands from
Jody Millspaugh's site (VP5JM) February 14-28th. The group plans
to be a major multi-transmitter unlimited entry in the 1998 ARRL
DX CW Contest. Operators will be Doug/K4LT, Dan/K8RF, Jeff/KU8E,
Goose/W8AV, Tom/W8TK, Noel/W9EFL, Ken/WA9S and Geoff/W0CG. The
operation will also include a support crew consisting of
Lora/K8LJK, Anita/KC8BBE, Steve/N8LGP and several of the non-ham
XYLs. A special callsign of VP5FXB will be used during the
contest in memory of longtime FOC member and avid contester Al
Slater, G3FXB (SK).("No finer gentleman ever graced the ham
bands!") Individual operators will sign use VP5/homecall
outside the contest. QSLs for VP5FXB go to W8AV either direct
with an SASE containing sufficient return postage, or via the
bureau. Direct cards mailed without an SASE will be answered via
the bureau. All contacts will be confirmed. QSLs for the
individual operators are via their respective homecalls. Look for
significant post-contest publicity on the operation, including a
presentation in the Contest Forum at the Dayton Hamvention in
May. The team would like to send a special thanks to Ten-Tec
Corporation for support of this undertaking. Also, for more
details please take a look at their WWW site at: http://asgard.kent.edu/ccc/vp5fxb/vp5fxb.htm
The CCC crew is presently searching for additional operators to
participate in the contest. Anyone interested should contact W0CG
(ghoward@kent.edu), K4LT (k4lt@fuse.net)
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